Brawn vs. Muscle — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Brawn and Muscle
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Brawn
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Muscle
A tissue composed of fibers capable of contracting to effect bodily movement.
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Brawn
Solid and well-developed muscles, especially of the arms and legs.
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Muscle
A contractile organ consisting of a special bundle of muscle tissue, which moves a particular bone, part, or substance of the body
The heart muscle.
The muscles of the arm.
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Brawn
Muscular strength and power.
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Muscle
Muscular strength
Enough muscle to be a high jumper.
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Brawn
Chiefly British The meat of a boar.
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Muscle
(Informal) Power or authority
Put some muscle into law enforcement.
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Brawn
Headcheese.
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Muscle
To make one's way by or as if by force
Muscled into the conversation.
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Brawn
Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
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Muscle
To move or force with strength
Muscled legislation through Congress.
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Brawn
Physical strength; muscularity.
The builders at the site had more brawn than brain.
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Muscle
(uncountable) A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
Muscle consists largely of actin and myosin filaments.
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Brawn
Head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.
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Muscle
(countable) An organ composed of muscle tissue.
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Brawn
A boar.
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Muscle
A well-developed physique, in which the muscles are enlarged from exercise.
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Brawn
(transitive) Make fat, especially of a boar.
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Muscle
Strength, force.
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Brawn
(intransitive) Become fat, especially of a boar.
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Muscle
Hired strongmen or bodyguards.
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Brawn
A muscle; flesh.
Formed well of brawns and of bones.
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Muscle
To use force to make progress, especially physical force.
He muscled his way through the crowd.
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Brawn
Full, strong muscles, esp. of the arm or leg, muscular strength; a protuberant muscular part of the body; sometimes, the arm.
Brawn without brains is thine.
It was ordained that murderers should be brent on the brawn of the left hand.
And in my vantbrace put this withered brawn.
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Muscle
An organ which, by its contraction, produces motion.
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Brawn
The flesh of a boar; also, the salted and prepared flesh of a boar.
The best age for the boar is from two to five years, at which time it is best to geld him, or sell him for brawn.
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Muscle
Muscular strength or development; as, to show one's muscle by lifting a heavy weight.
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Brawn
A boar.
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Muscle
See Mussel.
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Brawn
Muscular strength
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Muscle
An essential part of something; as, budget cuts have gone beyond the fat and are cutting into the muscle of the government.
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Muscle
Bodyguards or other persons hired to provide protection or commit violence; as, he doesn't go out without his muscle along.
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Muscle
To compel by threat of force; as, they muscled the shopkeeper into paying protection money.
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Muscle
To moved by human force; as, to muscle the piano onto the truck.
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Muscle
One of the contractile organs of the body
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Muscle
Animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
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Muscle
A bully employed as a thug or bodyguard;
The druglord had his muscleman to protect him
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Muscle
Authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way);
The senators used their muscle to get the party leader to resign
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Muscle
Muscular strength
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Muscle
Make one's way by force;
He muscled his way into the office
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