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Dashing vs Charming - What's the difference?

dashing | charming |

As adjectives the difference between dashing and charming

is that dashing is spirited, audacious and full of high spirits while charming is pleasant, charismatic.

As verbs the difference between dashing and charming

is that dashing is present participle of lang=en while charming is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between dashing and charming

is that dashing is the action of the verb to dash while charming is the casting of a magical charm.

dashing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.
  • Chic, fashionable.
    • All heads turned as the dashing young man entered the room.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • The action of the verb to dash.

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    charming

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • pleasant, charismatic
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  • delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm

    • Antonyms

    * (pleasant) dull

    Synonyms

    * (pleasant) charismatic, smart, witty * (delightful) silly

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The casting of a magical charm.
  • * (Thomas Middleton)
    • They denied me often flour, barm and milk, / Goose-grease and tar, when I ne'er hurt their charmings , / Their brewlocks, nor their batches, nor forespoke / Any of their breedings.

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