Claim
Claim verb - To state as a fact usually forcefully.
Tout
Tout verb - To praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively.
Usage example: a new cleaning agent touted as the only product a homeowner needs for all his or her cleaning chores
Common collocations
| superiority | claim superiority | tout superiority |
Both words in one sentence
- Oracle went into the court-room paying off PR reps to tout a 6-billion dollar payout from Google, and also trying to claim that Application Programming Interfaces were capable of being copyrighted.
Source: Humiliation Conga / Real Life
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