Bold vs. Elegant — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bold and Elegant
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Definitions
Bold➦
Fearless and daring; courageous
A bold leader.
Elegant➦
Characterized by or exhibiting refined, tasteful beauty of manner, form, or style.
Bold➦
Requiring or exhibiting courage or daring
A bold voyage to unknown lands.
Elegant➦
Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
Bold➦
Unduly forward and brazen; impudent
A bold, sassy child.
Elegant➦
Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
An elegant solution
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Bold➦
Strikingly different or unconventional; arresting or provocative
"[He] laid out a bold, new vision for America's leading universities" (Jerome Karabel).
Elegant➦
Fine; doing well.
Bold➦
Clear and distinct to the eye; conspicuous
Bold colors.
A bold pattern.
Elegant➦
Very choice, and hence, pleasing to good taste; characterized by grace, propriety, and refinement, and the absence of every thing offensive; exciting admiration and approbation by symmetry, completeness, freedom from blemish, and the like; graceful; tasteful and highly attractive; as, elegant manners; elegant style of composition; an elegant speaker; an elegant structure.
A more diligent cultivation of elegant literature.
Bold➦
Strong or pronounced; prominent
The bold flavor of ginger.
Elegant➦
Exercising a nice choice; discriminating beauty or sensitive to beauty; as, elegant taste.
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Bold➦
Steep or abrupt in grade or terrain
"The two walk along the high, bold, rocky shore" (Harriet Beecher Stowe).
Elegant➦
Refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style;
Elegant handwriting
An elegant dark suit
She was elegant to her fingertips
Small churches with elegant white spires
An elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid
Bold➦
(Printing) Boldface.
Elegant➦
Suggesting taste, ease, and wealth
Bold➦
(obsolete) A dwelling; habitation; building.
Elegant➦
Of seemingly effortless beauty in form or proportion
Bold➦
Courageous, daring.
Bold deeds win admiration and, sometimes, medals.
Elegant➦
Refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court;
A courtly gentleman
Bold➦
Visually striking; conspicuous.
The painter's bold use of colour and outline
Bold➦
Having thicker strokes than the ordinary form of the typeface.
The last word of this sentence is bold.
Bold➦
Presumptuous, forward or impudent.
Bold➦
(Ireland) Naughty; insolent; badly-behaved.
All of her children are terribly bold and never do as they are told.
Bold➦
Full-bodied.
Bold➦
(Philippines) Pornographic; depicting nudity.
Bold➦
Steep or abrupt.
Bold➦
(transitive) To make (a font or some text) bold.
Bold➦
To make bold or daring.
Bold➦
To become bold or brave.
Bold➦
Forward to meet danger; venturesome; daring; not timorous or shrinking from risk; brave; courageous.
Throngs of knights and barons bold.
Bold➦
Exhibiting or requiring spirit and contempt of danger; planned with courage; daring; vigorous.
Bold➦
In a bad sense, too forward; taking undue liberties; over assuming or confident; lacking proper modesty or restraint; rude; impudent.
Thou art too wild, too rude and bold of voice.
Bold➦
Somewhat overstepping usual bounds, or conventional rules, as in art, literature, etc.; taking liberties in composition or expression; as, the figures of an author are bold.
The cathedral church is a very bold work.
Bold➦
Standing prominently out to view; markedly conspicuous; striking the eye; in high relief.
Shadows in painting . . . make the figure bolder.
Bold➦
Steep; abrupt; prominent.
Where the bold cape its warning forehead rears.
Bold➦
To make bold or daring.
Bold➦
To be or become bold.
Bold➦
A typeface with thick heavy lines
Bold➦
Fearless and daring;
Bold settlers on some foreign shore
A bold speech
A bold adventure
Bold➦
Clear and distinct;
Bold handwriting
A figure carved in bold relief
A bold design
Bold➦
Very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front;
A bluff headland
Where the bold chalk cliffs of England rise
A sheer descent of rock
