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Charming vs Rundown - What's the difference?

charming | rundown |

As adjectives the difference between charming and rundown

is that charming is pleasant, charismatic while rundown is .

As nouns the difference between charming and rundown

is that charming is the casting of a magical charm while rundown is a rough outline generally used in the definite, as the rundown .

As a verb charming

is .

charming

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • pleasant, charismatic
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  • delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm

    • Antonyms

    * (pleasant) dull

    Synonyms

    * (pleasant) charismatic, smart, witty * (delightful) silly

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The casting of a magical charm.
  • * (Thomas Middleton)
    • They denied me often flour, barm and milk, / Goose-grease and tar, when I ne'er hurt their charmings , / Their brewlocks, nor their batches, nor forespoke / Any of their breedings.

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    rundown

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rough outline. Generally used in the definite, as the rundown .
    • Could you give me the rundown on the new rules?
  • (baseball) A defensive play in which the runner is caught between two fielders, who steadily converge to tag the runner out.
    • Smith is caught in a rundown , but Jones will come around to score.
  • A Caribbean stew of fish (typically mackerel) with reduced coconut milk, yam, tomato, onion and seasonings.

    • Adjective

    (-)

    • Synonyms

    * bedraggled * broken-down * dilapidated * ramshackle * ruinous * tatterdemalion * tumbledown