Difference between Fustian and Bombast

What is the difference between Fustian and Bombast?

Fustian as a noun is a kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff while Bombast as a noun is originally, cotton, or cotton wool.

Fustian

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff A class of cloth including corduroy and velveteen Pompous, inflated or pretentious writing or speech

Bombast

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding.High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.

We hope you now know whether to use Fustian or Bombast in your sentence.

Also read

Popular Articles