Pompadour vs. Bouffant — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pompadour and Bouffant
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Pompadour
A hairstyle formed by sweeping the hair straight up from the forehead into a high, turned-back roll, sometimes using a rat.
Bouffant
A bouffant () is a type of hairstyle characterized by hair raised high on the head and usually covering the ears or hanging down on the sides.
Pompadour
A hairstyle with the hair brushed back from the forehead to stand straight up without parting.
Bouffant
Puffed-out; full
Bouffant sleeves.
Pompadour
A women's hairstyle in which the hair is swept upwards from the face and worn high over the forehead.
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Bouffant
A full, puffed-out hairstyle.
Pompadour
A men's hairstyle of the 1950s.
Bouffant
Of hair or clothing, full-bodied or puffy; puffed out away from head or body.
Her bouffant suit made her seem much heavier than her petite figure actually was.
Pompadour
A crimson or pink colour.
Bouffant
A puffy, round hairstyle, popular in the mid-to-late 16th century, characterized by hair raised high on the head and usually covering the ears or hanging down on the sides.
Pompadour
A corsage with low square neck.
Bouffant
Being puffed out; - used mostly of hair style, and sometimes clothing; as, a bouffant hairdo; a bouffant skirt.
Pompadour
A pattern for silk, with leaves and flowers in pink, blue, and gold.
Bouffant
Being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing;
A bouffant skirt
Pompadour
A member of the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot, an infantry regiment in the British Army, active from 1755 to 1881.
Pompadour
To style hair into a pompadour
Pompadour
A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; - so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively.
Pompadour
French noblewoman who was the lover of Louis XV, whose policies she influenced (1721-1764)
Pompadour
A hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead
Pompadour
Style women's hair in a pompadour
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