Strut vs. Swagger — What's the Difference?

A strut is a structural component commonly found in engineering, aeronautics, architecture and anatomy. Struts generally work by resisting longitudinal compression, but they may also serve in tension.

To walk or conduct oneself with an insolent or arrogant air.

A rod or bar forming part of a framework and designed to resist compression

To brag; boast.

A stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait

A swaggering manner of moving or behaving.

Walk with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait

To behave (especially to walk or carry oneself) in a pompous, superior manner.

Brace (something) with a strut or struts

To boast or brag noisily; to bluster; to bully.

To walk with pompous bearing; swagger.

To walk with a swaying motion.

To display in order to impress others. Sometimes used with out

Confidence, pride.

To provide (a structure) with a strut or struts.

A bold or arrogant strut.

To brace or separate with a strut.

A prideful boasting or bragging.

A pompous, self-important gait.

Fashionable; trendy.

A structural element used to brace or strengthen a framework by resisting stress or compression.

To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.

(intransitive) Of a peacock or other fowl: to stand or walk stiffly, with the tail erect and spread out.

To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.

To walk haughtily or proudly with one's head held high.

To bully.

To walk across or on (a stage or other place) haughtily or proudly.

The act or manner of a swaggerer.

Often followed by out: to protuberate or stick out due to being full or swollen; to bulge, to swell.

A swagman.

Often followed by out: to cause (something) to bulge, protrude, or swell.

An itinerant Australian laborer who carries his personal belongings in a bundle as he travels around in search of work

To brace or support (something) by a strut or struts; to hold (something) in place or strengthen by a diagonal, transverse, or upright support.

A proud stiff pompous gait

(intransitive) To be attached diagonally or at a slant; also, to be bent at a sharp angle.

To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others;

A step or walk done stiffly and with the head held high, often due to haughtiness or pride; affected dignity in walking.

Discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

(historical) An instrument for adjusting the pleats of a ruff.

Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

A beam or rod providing support.

(British informal) very chic;

An act of angle]]; specifically, deviation (of the spoke of a wheel) from the normal position.

(obsolete) Swelling out due to being full; bulging, protuberant, swollen.

Drunk, intoxicated; fou.

To swell; to bulge out.

To walk with a lofty, proud gait, and erect head; to walk with affected dignity.

The act of strutting; a pompous step or walk.

In general, any piece of a frame which resists thrust or pressure in the direction of its own length. See Brace, and Illust. of Frame, and Roof.

Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive stress; - the opposite of stay, and tie.

Protuberant.

Struthious.

A proud stiff pompous gait

Brace consisting of a bar or rod used to resist longitudinal compression

To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others;