Dashing vs Conspicuous - What's the difference?
dashing | conspicuous |
Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.
Chic, fashionable.
The action of the verb to dash.
Obvious or easy to notice.
* {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=7 Noticeable or attracting attention, especially if unattractive.
* 1969 , Saul Bellow, Mr Sammler's Planet , Penguin Books Ltd, page 6:
As adjectives the difference between dashing and conspicuous
is that dashing is spirited, audacious and full of high spirits while conspicuous is obvious or easy to notice.As a verb dashing
is .As a noun dashing
is the action of the verb to dash.dashing
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- All heads turned as the dashing young man entered the room.
Verb
(head)Noun
Anagrams
*conspicuous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=“No, don't,” replied the superintendent; “in fact, I'd rather you made yourself conspicuous elsewhere. Go down to the landing stage and cross to New Brighton or Wallasey—doesn't matter which—and come back. No doubt you will be seen, and reported to have gone across.”}}
- He was conspicuous by his absence.
- For his height he had a small face. The combination made him conspicuous .
- He had a conspicuous lump on his forehead.