Pompous vs. Arrogant: What's the Difference?

Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; pretentious

Having or displaying excessive pride in oneself or an excessive sense of self-importance.

Full of high-sounding phrases; bombastic

Marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one's superiority over others

(Archaic) Characterized by pomp or stately display

Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.

Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.

Making, or having the disposition to make, exorbitant claims of rank or estimation; giving one's self an undue degree of importance; assuming; haughty; - applied to persons.

Displaying pomp; stately; showy with grandeur; magnificent; as, a pompous procession.

Containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or self-importance; - applied to things; as, arrogant pretensions or behavior.

Ostentatious; pretentious; boastful; vainlorious; as, pompous manners; a pompous style.

Having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride;

Puffed up with vanity;