Cool vs. Classy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Cool and Classy
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Definitions
Cool➦
Neither warm nor very cold; moderately cold
Fresh, cool water.
A cool autumn evening.
Classy➦
Highly stylish; elegant.
Cool➦
Giving or suggesting relief from heat
A cool breeze.
A cool blouse.
Classy➦
Elegant, highly stylish or fashionable.
That's a very classy outfit you're wearing.
Cool➦
Marked by calm self-control
A cool negotiator.
Classy➦
Of a superior type; especially, exhibiting admirable personal qualities.
That was a classy response.
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Cool➦
Marked by indifference, disdain, or dislike; unfriendly or unresponsive
A cool greeting.
Was cool to the idea of higher taxes.
Classy➦
Having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress. Opposite of styleless.
Cool➦
Of, relating to, or characteristic of colors, such as blue and green, that produce the impression of coolness.
Classy➦
Exhibiting refinement and high character. Opposite of low-class
Cool➦
Knowledgeable or aware of the latest trends or developments
Spent all his time trying to be cool.
Classy➦
Elegant and fashionable;
Classy clothes
A classy dame
A posh restaurant
A swish pastry shop on the Rue du Bac
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Cool➦
Excellent; first-rate
Has a cool sports car.
Had a cool time at the party.
Cool➦
Acceptable; satisfactory
It's cool if you don't want to talk about it.
Cool➦
(Slang) Entire; full
Worth a cool million.
Cool➦
(Informal) In a casual manner; nonchalantly
Play it cool.
Cool➦
To make less warm.
Cool➦
To make less ardent, intense, or zealous
Problems that soon cooled my enthusiasm for the project.
Cool➦
(Physics) To reduce the molecular or kinetic energy of (an object).
Cool➦
To become less warm
Took a dip to cool off.
Cool➦
To become calmer
Needed time for tempers to cool.
Cool➦
A cool place, part, or time
The cool of early morning.
Cool➦
The state or quality of being cool.
Cool➦
Composure; poise
"Our release marked a victory. The nation had kept its cool" (Moorhead Kennedy).
Cool➦
Having a slightly low temperature; mildly or pleasantly cold.
Cool➦
Allowing or suggesting heat relief.
Linen has made cool and breathable clothing for millennia.
Cool➦
Of a color, in the range of violet to green.
If you have a reddish complexion, you should mainly wear cool colors.
Cool➦
Of a person, not showing emotion; calm and in control of oneself.
Cool➦
Unenthusiastic, lukewarm, skeptical.
His proposals had a cool reception.
Cool➦
Calmly audacious.
In control as always, he came up with a cool plan.
Cool➦
Applied facetiously to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
Cool➦
(informal) Of a person, knowing what to do and how to behave; considered popular by others.
Cool➦
(informal) In fashion and fancy, part of or befitting the most leading trends and habits of the in crowd; originally hipster slang.
Cool➦
(informal) Of an action, all right; acceptable; that does not present a problem.
Is it cool if I sleep here tonight?
Cool➦
(informal) Very interesting or exciting.
I think astronomy is really cool.
Cool➦
(informal) (followed by with) Able to tolerate; to be fine with.
I'm completely cool with my girlfriend leaving me.
Cool➦
(informal) (of a pair of people) holding no grudge against one another; having no beef.
We're cool, right?
Cool➦
(sarcastic) (of an act or situation)'' annoying, irritating.
Cool➦
A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.
In the cool of the morning
Cool➦
A calm temperament.
Cool➦
The property of being cool, popular or in fashion.
Cool➦
To lose heat, to get colder.
I like to let my tea cool before drinking it so I don't burn my tongue.
Cool➦
To make cooler, less warm.
Cool➦
To become less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
Relations cooled between the USA and the USSR after 1980.
Cool➦
To make less intense, e.g. less amicable or passionate.
Cool➦
(transitive) To kill.
Cool➦
Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.
Fanned with cool winds.
Cool➦
Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.
For a patriot, too cool.
Cool➦
Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.
Cool➦
Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.
Cool➦
Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.
Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable.
Cool➦
Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.
He had lost a cool hundred.
Leaving a cool thousand to Mr. Matthew Pocket.
Cool➦
A moderate state of cold; coolness; - said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.
Cool➦
To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water.
Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue.
Cool➦
To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.
We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts.
Cool➦
To become less hot; to lose heat.
I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus,the whilst his iron did on the anvil cool.
Cool➦
To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.
I will not give myself liberty to think, lest I should cool.
Cool➦
The quality of being cool;
The cool of early morning
Cool➦
Great coolness and composure under strain;
Keep your cool
Cool➦
Make cool or cooler;
Chill the food
Cool➦
Loose heat;
The air cooled considerably after the thunderstorm
Cool➦
Lose intensity;
His enthusiasm cooled considerably
Cool➦
Neither warm or very cold; giving relief from heat;
A cool autumn day
A cool room
Cool summer dresses
Cool drinks
A cool breeze
Cool➦
Marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional;
Play it cool
Keep cool
Stayed coolheaded in the crisis
The most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament
Cool➦
(color) inducing the impression of coolness; used especially of greens and blues and violets;
Cool greens and blues and violets
Cool➦
Psychologically cool and unenthusiastic; unfriendly or unresponsive or showing dislike;
Relations were cool and polite
A cool reception
Cool to the idea of higher taxes
Cool➦
Used of a number or sum and meaning without exaggeration or qualification;
A cool million bucks
Cool➦
Fashionable and attractive at the time; often skilled or socially adept;
He's a cool dude
That's cool
Mary's dress is really cool
It's not cool to arrive at a party too early
