Austere vs Opulent - What's the difference?
austere | opulent |
Grim or severe in manner or appearance
Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy
Luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent.
Rich, sumptuous and extravagant.
As adjectives the difference between austere and opulent
is that austere is grim or severe in manner or appearance while opulent is luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent.austere
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- The headmistress was an austere old woman.
- The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.