Garish vs. Gaudy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Garish and Gaudy
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Garish
Garish, formed in February 1997, is an Austrian alternative rock band. After having asserted themselves in the alternative scene inside and outside Austria's borders with their first two records amaurose pur.
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.
Garish
Overly bright or ornamented, especially in a vulgar or tasteless way; gaudy.
Gaudy
Extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless
Silver bows and gaudy ribbons
Garish
Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste.
The dress fits her well, but the pattern is rather garish.
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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
Garish
Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention.
Garish like the laughters of drunkenness.
Gaudy
Showy in a tasteless or vulgar way.
Garish
Gay to extravagance; flighty.
It makes the mind loose and garish.
Gaudy
A feast, especially an annual university dinner.
Garish
Tastelessly showy;
A flash car
A flashy ring
Garish colors
A gaudy costume
Loud sport shirts
A meretricious yet stylish book
Tawdry ornaments
Gaudy
Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.
Gaudy
(obsolete) fun; merry; festive.
Gaudy
(archaic) One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.
Gaudy
(Oxon) A reunion held by one of the colleges of the University of Oxford for alumni, normally held during the long vacation.
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.
Gaudy
Gay; merry; festal.
Let's have one other gaudy night.
Gaudy
One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.
Gaudy
A feast or festival; - called also gaud-day and gaudy day.
Gaudy
A celebratory feast held annually at one of the colleges in a British university
Gaudy
Tastelessly showy;
A flash car
A flashy ring
Garish colors
A gaudy costume
Loud sport shirts
A meretricious yet stylish book
Tawdry ornaments
Gaudy
(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
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