What is the difference between flamboyant and ostentatious?
Hi, could someone please clarify the difference in meaning between the two. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that:
flamboyance is aimed at attracting attention, praise or admiration, particularly with one's dramatic choice of clothing or behavior; while
ostentatious is stronger in use and more pejorative in meaning as it is also aimed at praise and admiration, but with the added meaning of "one who feels superior to others or who acts in such a way"
Could you please clarify the difference? Thank you so much!
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Shay Singh flamboyance is aimed at attracting attention, praise or admiration, particularly with one's dramatic choice of clothing or behavior; while ostentatious is stronger in use and more pejorative in meaning as it is also aimed at praise and admiration, but with the added meaning of "one who feels superior to others or who acts in such a way" Correct. There is some overlap, but here are some entries from a dictionary and thesaurus that may help: flamboyant: behaving or dressing in a way that deliberately attracts people’s attention colorful, showy, florid, fancy, extravagant, flashy ostentatious: always trying to impress people with how rich, important, skillful, etc. you are pretentious, conspicuous, overdressed, extravagant CJ
- Shay Singh flamboyance is aimed at attracting attention, praise or admiration, particularly with one's dramatic choice of clothing or behavior; while ostentatious is stronger in use and more pejorative in meaning as it is also aimed at praise and admiration, but with the added meaning of "one who feels superior to others or who acts in such a way" Correct.
- There is some overlap, but here are some entries from a dictionary and thesaurus that may help: flamboyant: behaving or dressing in a way that deliberately attracts people’s attention colorful, showy, florid, fancy, extravagant, flashy ostentatious: always trying to impress people with how rich, important, skillful, etc.
- you are pretentious, conspicuous, overdressed, extravagant CJ
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Shay Singhflamboyance is aimed at attracting attention, praise or admiration, particularly with one's dramatic choice of clothing or behavior; while
ostentatious is stronger in use and more pejorative in meaning as it is also aimed at praise and admiration, but with the added meaning of "one who feels superior to others or who acts in such a way"
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