Colorful vs Quick-witted - What's the difference?
colorful | quick-witted | Related terms |
Possessing]] prominent and varied [[colour, colors.
* 1895 , The Annual of the British School at Athens
Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.
* {{quote-book, year=1895, author=H. Walter Staner and Henry Sturmey, title=The Autocar,
passage=One of the most colourful' people in motor racing, he writes in a ' colourful manner.}}
(euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language ).
* 2002 ,
Mentally keen, alert, sharp, agile, and nimble.
Colorful is a related term of quick-witted.
As adjectives the difference between colorful and quick-witted
is that colorful is possessing]] prominent and varied [[colour|colors while quick-witted is mentally keen, alert, sharp, agile, and nimble.colorful
English
Alternative forms
* colourful (Commonwealth English)Adjective
(-)- It was a colourful vase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the main frieze. These bands also carry a metope pattern in white of triple lines and blobs, which can just be distinguished on the photographs.
news.bbc.co.uk
- Hussain celebrated reaching his ton with a gesture towards the media centre, pointing to the number three on the back of his shirt and offering some colourful language.
quick-witted
English
Adjective
- She was far too quick-witted to miss the implications of what he was saying.