Colourful vs Unusual - What's the difference?
colourful | unusual | Synonyms |
* 1895 , The Annual of the British School at Athens
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* 1895 , H. Walter Staner and Henry Sturmey, The Autocar
* 2002 ,
Unlike what is expected; differing in some way from the norm.
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Not usual.
As adjectives the difference between colourful and unusual
is that colourful is standard spelling of from=British spelling|lang=en|colorful while unusual is unlike what is expected; differing in some way from the norm.colourful
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.
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- One of the most colourful' people in motor racing, he writes in a '''colourful manner .
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- 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.