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Brilliance vs Gaudiness - What's the difference?

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Brilliance is a related term of gaudiness.


As nouns the difference between brilliance and gaudiness

is that brilliance is the quality of being exceptionally effulgent (giving off light) while gaudiness is pretension in appearance; looking overly done and distastefully adorned.

brilliance

English

(wikipedia brilliance)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The quality of being exceptionally effulgent (giving off light).
  • The quality of having extraordinary mental capacity.
  • Magnificence; resplendence.

    • Derived terms

    * brilliancy

    Related terms

    * brilliant * brilliantly * brilliantness

    gaudiness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Pretension in appearance; looking overly done and distastefully adorned.
  • :Nearby residents don't want any gaudiness in the building's renovation, they want it to be tasteful and understated.

    • Related terms

    * gaudy