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Elegant vs Shipshape - What's the difference?

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Elegant is a related term of shipshape.


As adjectives the difference between elegant and shipshape

is that elegant is elegant while shipshape is meticulously neat and tidy.

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

    shipshape

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • meticulously neat and tidy
  • * 1937 , , 01:44:00:
    • -- When are you going out fishing again? -- Oh, in about six weeks, when we're shipshape aloft.
  • Organized, serviceable, trained and ready for action

    • Related terms

    * shipshape and Bristol fashion