Pompous vs. Arrogant

Pompous vs. Arrogant — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Pompous and Arrogant

Pompousadjective

Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.

Arrogantadjective

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

Pompousadjective

puffed up with vanity;

a grandiloquent and boastful manneroverblown oratorya pompous speechpseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey

Arrogantadjective

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

an arrogant officialarrogant claimschesty as a peacock
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