Gloat vs. Taunt: What's the Difference?

Gloat and Taunt Definitions
Gloat
To feel or express great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction
Don't gloat over your rival's misfortune.
Taunt
To reproach in a mocking, insulting, or contemptuous manner
Taunted her for wearing hand-me-down clothes.
Gloat
The act of gloating.
Taunt
To drive or incite (a person) by taunting
His friends taunted him into asking for a raise.
Gloat
A feeling of great, often malicious, pleasure or self-satisfaction.
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Taunt
To tease and excite sexually
Taunted him with glimpses of skin.
Gloat
To exhibit a conspicuous (sometimes malevolent) pleasure or sense of self-satisfaction, often at an adversary's misfortune.
You did well to win the game, but there's no need to gloat about it.
Taunt
A scornful remark; a jeer.
Gloat
To triumph, crow, relish, glory, revel.
Taunt
Unusually tall. Used of masts.
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Gloat
An act or instance of gloating.
Taunt
To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.
Gloat
To look steadfastly; to gaze earnestly; to gaze with passionate desire, lust, or avarice.
Taunt
A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery
Gloat
To gaze with malignant satisfaction; to exult maliciously, sometimes also triumphantly, in another's loss or discomfort; - usually in a bad sense.
In vengeance gloating on another's pain.
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Taunt
Very high or tall.
Gloat
Malicious satisfaction
Taunt
Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts.
Gloat
Dwell on with satisfaction
Taunt
To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.
When I had at my pleasure taunted her.
Gloat
Gaze at or think about something with great self-satisfaction, gratification, or joy
Taunt
Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.
With scoffs, and scorns, and contemelious taunts.
With sacrilegious taunt and impious jest.
Taunt
Aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing
Taunt
Harass with persistent criticism or carping;
The children teased the new teacher
Don't ride me so hard over my failure
His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie