The difference between Blah and Bombast

When used as nouns, blah means nonsense, whereas bombast means cotton, or cotton wool.

When used as verbs, blah means to utter idle, meaningless talk, whereas bombast means to swell or fill out.

When used as adjectives, blah means dull, whereas bombast means big without meaning, or high-sounding.

Blah is also interjection with the meaning: an expression of mild frustration.

check bellow for the other definitions of Blah and Bombast

  1. Blah as a noun (uncountable, informal):

    Nonsense; drivel; idle, meaningless talk.

  2. Blah as a noun (informal):

    (in plural, the blahs) A general or ambiguous feeling of discomfort, dissatisfaction, uneasiness, boredom, mild depression, etc.

  1. Blah as an adjective (informal):

    Dull; uninteresting; insipid.

    Examples:

    "Well, the new restaurant seems nice, but their menu is a little blah."

  2. Blah as an adjective (informal):

    Low in spirit or health; down.

    Examples:

    "I decided to go exercise rather than sit around all day feeling blah."

  1. Blah as a verb (intransitive):

    To utter idle, meaningless talk.

  1. Bombast as a noun (archaic):

    Cotton, or cotton wool.

  2. Bombast as a noun (archaic):

    Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing, padding.

  3. Bombast as a noun (figuratively):

    High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.

  1. Bombast as a verb:

    To swell or fill out; to inflate, to pad.

  2. Bombast as a verb:

    To use high-sounding words; to speak or write in a pompous or ostentatious manner.

  1. Bombast as an adjective:

    Big without meaning, or high-sounding; bombastic, inflated; magniloquent.

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