Flaunt vs Flout

Quick Tip: Remember: Flaunt means to show off (flaunt your wealth). Flout means to openly disregard (flout the rules).

Flaunt

verb

to display ostentatiously, especially in order to provoke envy or admiration or to show defiance

Examples:
  • She likes to flaunt her wealth.
  • Don't flaunt your success in front of others.
  • He flaunted his new car.

Flout

verb

to openly disregard a rule, law, or convention

Examples:
  • They flouted the traffic laws.
  • The company flouted safety regulations.
  • He flouted the rules of the game.
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