Difference between Bluster and Bravado

What is the difference between Bluster and Bravado?

Bluster as a noun is pompous, officious talk. while Bravado as a noun is a swaggering show of defiance or courage.

Bluster

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To speak or protest loudly. To blow in strong or sudden gusts.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Pompous, officious talk. A gust of wind. Fitful noise and violence.

Bravado

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A swaggering show of defiance or courage.A false show of courage.

Example sentence: Christopher Reeve did such an amazing job that to give him some kind of accent or more bravado would have been wrong. Audiences wouldn't have responded to that either.

We hope you now know whether to use Bluster or Bravado in your sentence.

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