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comport vs assert

assert vs comport

comport and assert both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
comport No No Yes No
assert No No Yes No
As verbs, assert is a hyponym of comport; that is, assert is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than comport:
  • comport: behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself
  • assert: insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
Other hyponyms of comport include act involuntarily, act reflexively, bend over backwards, fall over backwards, presume, vulgarise, vulgarize, optimise, optimize, quack, menace, make, bluster, swagger, swash, freeze, wanton, romanticize, sentimentalise, sentimentalize, sentimentise, sentimentize, bungle, play, toy, act, act as, play, stooge, jest, joke, piffle, make, make as if, break down, lose it, snap, fluster, dally, dawdle, put forward, backslap, deal, hugger mugger, walk around, sauce, pose, posture, footle, frivol, trifle, puff up, swell, follow, loosen up, relax, rage, ramp, storm, wildin', spaz, thug.
comport (verb) assert (verb)
behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself postulate positively and assertively
behave well or properly to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true
state categorically
insist on having one's opinions and rights recognized
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