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Nov25
RIGHT WORD: BLATANT VS FLAGRANT


The two words seem to imply something unpleasant. However, the word FLAGRANT appears to carry more weight when used to describe an instance of wrongdoing.

Thus, FLAGRANT implies a gravity or sense of wrongdoing that the word BLATANT does or may not. In sports, for example, a Flagrant Foul usually is one that is most likely intentional, malicious, and grave in terms of deed and outcome. Players committing such offenses are meted out severe penalties. In football, flagrant fouls, depending on the gravity, merit either a yellow or a red card for more serious infractions. One is reminded of the flagrant foul committed by the great Zidane at the closing moments of the world football championship match against a member of Italian team. He was sent out of the game.

A BLATANT offense, meanwhile, is most likely one that is unavoidable, but still glaring and unpleasant. The word is also used to describe situations, behavioral relationships, etc. One example would be “one’s blatant use of offensive language in front of minors.”

sourced by JMJF 

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