Modern vs. Trendy — What's the Difference?

Of or relating to recent times or the present

Very fashionable or up to date

Characteristic or expressive of recent times or the present; contemporary or up-to-date

A person who is very fashionable or up to date

Of or relating to a recently developed or advanced style, technique, or technology

Of or in accord with the latest fad or fashion

Avant-garde; experimental.

One who avidly follows the latest fads or trends

Often Modern(Linguistics) Of, relating to, or being a living language or group of languages

(slang) Of, or in accordance with the latest trend, fashion or hype.

One who lives in modern times.

(informal) A trendy person.

One who has modern ideas, standards, or beliefs.

In accord with the latest fad;

(Printing) Any of a variety of typefaces characterized by strongly contrasted heavy and thin parts.

Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.

(history) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.

Someone who lives in modern times.

Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice.

New and common; trite; commonplace.

A person of modern times; - opposed to ancient.

A contemporary person

A typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes

Belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages;

Relating to a recently developed fashion or style;

Characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture

Ahead of the times;

Used of a living language; being the current stage in its development;