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Conventional vs Trendy - What's the difference?

conventional | trendy |

As adjectives the difference between conventional and trendy

is that conventional is pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour while trendy is of, or in accordance with the latest trend, fashion or hype.

As nouns the difference between conventional and trendy

is that conventional is a conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal while trendy is a trendy person.

conventional

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a convention, as in following generally accepted principles, methods and behaviour.
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  • Ordinary, commonplace.
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    • The history of our study of our solar system shows us clearly that accepted and conventional ideas are often wrong, and that fundamental insights can arise from the most unexpected sources.
  • Banal]], trite, hackneyed, unoriginal or [[clichéd.

    • Synonyms

    * ("pertaining to a convention"): typical, canonical * ("banal"): stereotypical

    Antonyms

    * ("pertaining to a convention"): atypical, out of the ordinary, unconventional * ("ordinary"): imaginative

    Derived terms

    * conventionalism * conventionalist * conventionally * conventional mortgage loan * conventional war * conventional warfare * conventional weapon * conventional weaponry * conventional wisdom

    Related terms

    * convention

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (finance) A conventional gilt-edged security, a kind of bond paying the holder a fixed cash payment (or coupon) every six months until maturity, at which point the holder receives the final payment and the return of the principal.

    • trendy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (slang) of, or in accordance with the latest trend, fashion or hype
    • I hate those trendy pre-wrinkled shirts.

    Synonyms

    * superficial, shallow, materialistic * mistakenly fashionable, , with-it, voguish, avant-garde

    Noun

    (trendies)
  • a person