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Boppish vs Foppish - What's the difference?

boppish | foppish |

As adjectives the difference between boppish and foppish

is that boppish is (jazz) in the bop style while foppish is like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance.

boppish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (jazz) In the bop style
  • * {{quote-book, 1990, John Chilton, The Song of the Hawk citation
    • , passage=The strategy of using two standard tunes and two boppish originals on the first session (23 February 1945) set the pattern for subsequent dates. }}

    Derived terms

    * boppishly * boppishness

    foppish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Like a fop, a man overly concerned with his appearance.

    • Synonyms

    * dandy