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Elegant vs Petulant - What's the difference?

elegant | petulant |

As adjectives the difference between elegant and petulant

is that elegant is characterised by or exhibiting elegance while petulant is childishly irritable.

elegant

English

(wikipedia elegant)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
  • Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
    • an elegant solution

    Synonyms

    * classy * graceful

    Derived terms

    * elegance

    petulant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • childishly irritable
    • Lack of sleep is causing Dave's recent petulant behavior.
  • (obsolete) forward; pert; insolent; wanton.
    • (Burton)

    Synonyms

    * huffy * snappish * irritable * grouchy * bad-tempered * ill-tempered * crabby

    Antonyms

    * easygoing