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Colourful vs Flashy - What's the difference?

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Colourful is a related term of flashy.


As adjectives the difference between colourful and flashy

is that colourful is while flashy is showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.

colourful

English

Adjective

(-)
  • * 1895 , The Annual of the British School at Athens
  • 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.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2012 , date=June 9 , author=Owen Phillips , title=Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=And Netherlands, backed by a typically noisy and colourful travelling support, started the second period in blistering fashion and could have had four goals within 10 minutes}}
  • * 1895 , H. Walter Staner and Henry Sturmey, The Autocar
  • One of the most colourful' people in motor racing, he writes in a '''colourful manner .
  • * 2002 , 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.

    flashy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.
  • The dancers wore flashy costumes featuring shiny sequins in many vibrant colors.