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Dashing vs Debonair - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between dashing and debonair

is that dashing is spirited, audacious and full of high spirits while debonair is gracious, courteous.

As a verb dashing

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun dashing

is the action of the verb to dash.

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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    debonair

    English

    Alternative forms

    * debonaire

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Gracious, courteous.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.vi:
    • Let be that Ladie debonaire , / Thou recreant knight, and soone thy selfe prepaire / To battell [...].
  • Suave, urbane and sophisticated.
  • (especially of men) Charming, confident and carefully dressed.

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