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Debonair vs Charming - What's the difference?

debonair | charming |

As adjectives the difference between debonair and charming

is that debonair is (obsolete) gracious, courteous while charming is pleasant, charismatic.

As a verb charming is

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As a noun charming is

the casting of a magical charm.

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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    charming

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • pleasant, charismatic
  • * {{quote-news
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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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