pedant vs stuffed shirt

pedant

noun
  • A person who is overly concerned with formal rules and trivial points of learning. 

  • A person who makes an excessive or tedious show of their knowledge, especially regarding rules of vocabulary and grammar. 

adj
  • Pedantic. 

stuffed shirt

noun
  • One who is pompous or self-important, especially one who is officious in a position of authority. 

  • Used attributively. 

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