Flippant vs. Pert — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Flippant and Pert
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Definitions
Flippant
Marked by disrespectful levity or casualness; pert
Apologized for his flippant remark.
Pert
High-spirited, lively, or cheerful
A pert receptionist greets each client.
Flippant
(Archaic) Talkative; voluble.
Pert
Impudently bold; saucy
He was pert to his teacher. She gave a pert answer.
Flippant
Showing disrespect through a casual attitude, levity, and a lack of due seriousness; pert.
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Pert
Attractive or stylish in appearance
A pert hat.
Flippant
(archaic) glib; speaking with ease and rapidity
Pert
Small or firm and well-formed
A pert nose.
Flippant
Nimble; limber.
Pert
(of a person) Attractive.
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Flippant
Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative.
It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant and free in their speech.
Pert
(of a part of the body) Well-formed; shapely.
Pert breasts
Flippant
Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant.
To put flippant scorn to the blush.
A sort of flippant, vain discourse.
Pert
Lively; alert and cheerful; bright.
Flippant
A flippant person.
Pert
(archaic) Especially of children or social inferiors: cheeky, impertinent.
Flippant
Showing inappropriate levity
Pert
(obsolete) Open; evident; unhidden.
Pert
(obsolete) Clever.
Pert
To behave with pertness; to misbehave.
Pert
(obsolete) An impudent person.
Pert
Open; evident; apert.
Pert
Lively; brisk; sprightly; smart.
Pert
Indecorously free, or presuming; saucy; bold; impertinent.
The squirrel, flippant, pert, and full of play.
Pert
To behave with pertness.
Pert
Characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality;
A certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner
