Extravagant vs. Gaudy
Difference Between Extravagant and Gaudy
Extravagant➦
lacking restraint in spending money or using resources
it was rather extravagant to buy both
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Gaudy➦
Gaudy or gaudie (from the Latin, "gaudium", meaning "enjoyment" or "merry-making") is a term used to reflect student life in a number of the ancient universities in the United Kingdom as well as other institutions such as Durham University and Reading University. It is generally believed to relate to the traditional student song, "De Brevitate Vitae" (On the Shortness of Life), which is commonly known as the Gaudeamus (Let's make merry) by virtue of its first word.
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Extravagant➦
Exceeding reasonable bounds
extravagant demands.
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Gaudy➦
extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless
silver bows and gaudy ribbons
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Extravagant➦
Unreasonably high in cost; exorbitant
extravagant fees.
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Gaudy➦
a celebratory dinner or entertainment held by a college for old members
administratively, the college cannot cope with more than one gaudy per year
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Extravagant➦
Lavish or imprudent in spending money
extravagant members of the imperial court.
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Gaudy➦
Showy in a tasteless or vulgar way.
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Extravagant➦
Extremely abundant; profuse
extravagant vegetation.
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Gaudy➦
A feast, especially an annual university dinner.
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Extravagant➦
(Archaic) Straying beyond limits or bounds; wandering.
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Gaudy➦
Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.
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Extravagant➦
Exceeding the bounds of something; roving; hence, foreign.
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Gaudy➦
(obsolete) fun; merry; festive.
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Extravagant➦
Extreme; wild; excessive; unrestrained.
extravagant acts, praise, or abuse
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Gaudy➦
(archaic) One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.
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Extravagant➦
Exorbitant.
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Gaudy➦
(Oxon) A reunion held by one of the colleges of the University of Oxford for alumni, normally held during the long vacation.
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Extravagant➦
Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful.
an extravagant man
extravagant expense
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Gaudy➦
Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy.
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Extravagant➦
Wandering beyond one's bounds; roving; hence, foreign.
The extravagant and erring spirit hiesTo his confine.
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Gaudy➦
Gay; merry; festal.
Let's have one other gaudy night.
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Extravagant➦
Exceeding due bounds; wild; excessive; unrestrained; as, extravagant acts, wishes, praise, abuse.
There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in great natural geniuses.
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Gaudy➦
One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.
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Extravagant➦
Profuse in expenditure; prodigal; wasteful; as, an extravagant man.
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Gaudy➦
A feast or festival; - called also gaud-day and gaudy day.
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Extravagant➦
One who is confined to no general rule.
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Gaudy➦
a celebratory feast held annually at one of the colleges in a British university
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Extravagant➦
Certain constitutions or decretal epistles, not at first included with others, but subsequently made a part of the canon law.
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Gaudy➦
tastelessly showy;
a flash car
a flashy ring
garish colors
a gaudy costume
loud sport shirts
a meretricious yet stylish book
tawdry ornaments
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Extravagant➦
unrestrained in especially feelings;
extravagant praise
exuberant compliments
overweening ambition
overweening greed
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Gaudy➦
(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
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Extravagant➦
recklessly wasteful;
prodigal in their expenditures
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