Dandification vs Dandy - What's the difference?
dandification | dandy | Derived terms |
The condition or state of a man who is overly concerned about his clothes and appearance.
* 2010 , Graham Robb, Parisians: An Adventure History of Paris , page 122
Like a dandy, foppish.
Very good; better than expected but not as good as could be.
Almost first rate.
A man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.
(British, nautical) A yawl, or a small after-sail on a yawl.
A dandy roller.
Dandy is a derived term of dandification.
Dandy is a related term of dandification.
As nouns the difference between dandification and dandy
is that dandification is the condition or state of a man who is overly concerned about his clothes and appearance while dandy is a man very concerned about his clothes and his appearance.As an adjective dandy is
like a dandy, foppish.dandification
English
Noun
(-)- About twenty young men in varying states of dilapidation and dandification sat and sprawled around a table covered in green baize.
dandy
English
Adjective
(er)- That's all fine and dandy , but how much does it cost?
- What a dandy little laptop you have.
