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Austere vs Satirical - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between austere and satirical

is that austere is grim or severe in manner or appearance while satirical is of, pertaining to, or connected with satire.

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

    satirical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to or connected with satire.
    • Spitting Image was a famous satirical television program.

    Synonyms

    * satiric

    Anagrams

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