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Fashionable vs Chick - What's the difference?

fashionable | chick |

As nouns the difference between fashionable and chick

is that fashionable is a person; a fop while chick is a young bird.

As an adjective fashionable

is characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style.

As a verb chick is

(obsolete) to sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.

fashionable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style.
  • a fashionable''' dress; a '''fashionable man
  • Established or favoured by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time.
  • the fashionable''' philosophy; '''fashionable opinions
  • (archaic) genteel; well-bred
  • fashionable society
  • * Shakespeare
  • Time is like a fashionable host / That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.

    Synonyms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person; a fop
  • * {{quote-book, year=1860, author=Various, title=Atlantic Monthly, Vol. VI.,October, 1860.--No. XXXVI., chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=We speculated upon the astonishment that would have seized upon their simple, innocent hearts, had they beheld, instead of us, a bevy of our city fashionables in full bloom. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1891, author=Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), title=What Is Man? and Other Essays, chapter=At the Shrine of St. Wagner, edition= citation
  • , passage=In large measure the Metropolitan is a show-case for rich fashionables who are not trained in Wagnerian music and have no reverence for it, but who like to promote art and show their clothes. }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=1991, date=September 20, author=George Grass, title=Star Show, work=Chicago Reader citation
  • , passage=A few, perhaps, have a further purpose; they desire to assist in that circus, to show themselves in the capacity of fashionables , to enchant the yokelry with their splendor. }}

    chick

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A young bird.
  • A young chicken.
  • (slang) (rft-sense) A woman (especially one who is young and/or attractive).
  • Three cool chicks / Are walking down the street / Swinging their hips — song "Three Cool Cats" by
  • * {{quote-book, year=1927, title=Elmer Gantry, author=Sinclair Lewis
  • , passage=He had determined that marriage now would cramp his advancement in the church and that, anyway, he didn't want to marry this brainless little fluffy chick , who would be of no help in impressing rich parishioners.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=2004, title=Bad moon rising?, author=Tess Pendergrass
  • , passage=I can't believe you've got a hot chick in that ratty apartment with you.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Derived terms

    * chick flick * chickfriend * chick lit

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.
  • (Chalmers)

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