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Fandango vs Farthingale - What's the difference?

fandango | farthingale |

As nouns the difference between fandango and farthingale

is that fandango is a form of flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (eg fandango de huelva), some of which have their own names (eg malagueña, granadina) while farthingale is a hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.

As a verb fandango

is to dance the fandango.

fandango

English

(wikipedia fandango)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A form of flamenco music and dance that has many regional variations (e.g. fandango de Huelva), some of which have their own names (e.g. malagueña, granadina)
  • An unknown entity or contraption
    • What’s that fandango you’re using?
  • A shade of red-violet

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To dance the fandango
  • (figuratively) To dance, particularly with a lot of energy

    • farthingale

    English

    (wikipedia farthingale)

    Alternative forms

    *vardingale *verdugal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.
  • *, II.12:
  • *:women.
  • *2003 , (Alexander Chancellor), The Guardian , 3 May 2003:
  • *:In Henry VIII's Great Hall, there were men in doublets and codpieces prancing up and down with women in farthingales .

    • Synonyms

    * hoop skirt