The difference between Bombast and Fustian
When used as nouns, bombast means cotton, or cotton wool, whereas fustian means a kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff.
Bombast is also verb with the meaning: to swell or fill out.
Bombast is also adjective with the meaning: big without meaning, or high-sounding.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bombast and Fustian
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Bombast as a noun (archaic):
Cotton, or cotton wool.
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Bombast as a noun (archaic):
Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing, padding.
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Bombast as a noun (figuratively):
High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.
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Bombast as a verb:
To swell or fill out; to inflate, to pad.
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Bombast as a verb:
To use high-sounding words; to speak or write in a pompous or ostentatious manner.
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Bombast as an adjective:
Big without meaning, or high-sounding; bombastic, inflated; magniloquent.
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Fustian as a noun:
A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff.
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Fustian as a noun:
A class of cloth including corduroy and velveteen.
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Fustian as a noun:
Pompous, inflated or pretentious writing or speech.
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Fustian as a noun (archaic):
A drink made of white wine with egg yolk, lemon and spices.