Dramatic vs Modest - What's the difference?
dramatic | modest |
Of or relating to the drama.
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Striking in appearance or effect.
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Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble.
Small, moderate in size.
(especially of behaviour or clothing) Avoiding being sexually suggestive.
As adjectives the difference between dramatic and modest
is that dramatic is of or relating to the drama while modest is not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble.dramatic
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Alternative forms
* dramatickAdjective
(en adjective)Best and brightest, passage=Poland has made some dramatic gains in education in the past decade. Before 2000 half of the country’s rural adults had finished only primary school. Yet international rankings now put the country’s students well ahead of America’s in science and maths (the strongest predictor of future earnings), even as the country spends far less per pupil. }}
Derived terms
* nondramaticmodest
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Adjective
(en-adj)- He earns a modest amount of money.
- Her latest novel was a modest success.
