comport vs swagger
swagger vs comportcomport is not a noun while swagger is a noun.
comport is not an adjective while swagger is an adjective.
comport and swagger both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| comport | No | No | Yes | No |
| swagger | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
As verbs,
swagger is a hyponym of
comport; that is, swagger 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
- swagger: act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
Other hyponyms of comport include
act involuntarily, act reflexively, bend over backwards, fall over backwards, presume, vulgarise, vulgarize, optimise, optimize, quack, menace, make, bluster, 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, assert, 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 (noun) | swagger (noun) |
|---|---|
| a proud stiff pompous gait | |
| an itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work |
| comport (adjective) | swagger (adjective) |
|---|---|
| (British informal) very chic |
| comport (verb) | swagger (verb) |
|---|---|
| behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself | act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner |
| behave well or properly | discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate |
| to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others |
Words related to "comport"
- acquit
- act
- act as
- act involuntarily
- act reflexively
- assert
- assert oneself
- backslap
- bear
- behave
- bend over backwards
- bluster
- break down
- bungle
- carry
- comportment
- conduct
- dally
- dawdle
- deal
- deport
- dissemble
- do
- fall over backwards
- fluster
- follow
- footle
- freeze
- frivol
- hold
- hugger mugger
- jest
- joke
- loosen up
- lose it
- make
- make as if
- menace
- move
- optimise
- optimize
- piffle
- play
- pose
- posture
- presume
- pretend
- puff up
- put forward
- quack
- rage
- ramp
- relax
- remember oneself
- romanticize
- sauce
- sentimentalise
- sentimentalize
- sentimentise
- sentimentize
- snap
- spaz
- stooge
- storm
- swagger
- swash
- swell
- thug
- toy
- trifle
- vulgarise
- vulgarize
- walk
- walk around
- wanton
- wildin'
Words related to "swagger"
- Australia
- Britain
- Commonwealth of Australia
- Great Britain
- U.K.
- UK
- United Kingdom
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- acquit
- act
- bear
- behave
- blarney
- bluster
- browbeat
- bully
- cajole
- carry
- coax
- cock
- colloquialism
- comport
- conduct
- deport
- do
- fashionable
- gait
- gipsy
- groovy
- gypsy
- inveigle
- itinerant
- palaver
- prance
- ruffle
- sashay
- strut
- stylish
- swaggerer
- swaggie
- swagman
- swash
- sweet-talk
- tittup
- walk
- wheedle
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