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Dashing vs Urbane - What's the difference?

dashing | urbane | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between dashing and urbane

is that dashing is spirited, audacious and full of high spirits while urbane is courteous, polite, refined, and suave.

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.

    • Anagrams

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    urbane

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a man) Courteous, polite, refined, and suave.
  • * 1949 : George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four , p12
    • He felt deeply drawn to him, and not solely because he was intrigued by the contrast between O’Brien’s urbane manner and his prize-fighter’s physique.

    Antonyms

    * rustic

    Related terms

    * urban

    References

    * The Concise Oxford English Dictionary [Eleventh Edition] ----