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27 February
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What is the difference between cocky and arrogant ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between cocky and arrogant ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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Cocky means overly confident and brash.
Arrogant is sort of a combination of cocky and ignorant.
“He walked right up to her with a big cocky grin to ask for her number.”
“He put on the Native American headdress and danced around arrogantly, disregarding the significant heritage of it.”
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They both mean the same thing. Cocky is a little bit more informal.
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but what's the diff between cocky and brash?
- English (US)
Cocky means overly confident and brash.
Arrogant is sort of a combination of cocky and ignorant.
“He walked right up to her with a big cocky grin to ask for her number.”
“He put on the Native American headdress and danced around arrogantly, disregarding the significant heritage of it.”
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@Joao054 Brash is similar to cocky/arrogant but brash is used when describing someone who is aggressive as well. Someone who is cocky/arrogant could also be brash but not always.
For example: The man stormed into the restaurant and demanded to be served immediately. His behavior is brash. It’s unrefined, aggressive and rude.
Someone who is cocky/arrogant wouldn’t necessarily behave like this.
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