Flout is to treat in a contemptuous manner and flaunt is to be ostentatious or showy.
---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:33:35 -0400 >From: "Serafin, John" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [tips] word confusions >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > >Flout vs. Flaunt. > >One of my English Dept colleagues caught me on this one in a committee report >that I had drafted. > >I'll leave it to Tipsters to see if they can provide correct examples of the >usage of these words before I give that English Prof's examples. > >John >-- >John Serafin >Psychology Department >Saint Vincent College >Latrobe, PA 15650 >[email protected] > > > > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
