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Austere vs Chilly - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between austere and chilly

is that austere is grim or severe in manner or appearance while chilly is cold enough to cause shivering; or suddenly feeling cold.

austere

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Grim or severe in manner or appearance
    • The headmistress was an austere old woman.
  • Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy
    • The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.

    Synonyms

    * (grim or severe) stern, strict, forbidding * (lacking trivial decoration) simple, plain, unadorned, unembellished

    Antonyms

    * (not lacking trivial decoration) overwrought, flamboyant, extravagant, gaudy, flashy

    Derived terms

    * austerity * austerely

    chilly

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Cold enough to cause shivering; or suddenly feeling cold
    • I'm getting rather chilly over here - could you shut the window please?
  • Unfriendly or distant and cool
    • ''She gave me a chilly look when I suggested it

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Related terms

    * chill * chillily * chilliness

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