Fashionable vs Groomed - What's the difference?
fashionable | groomed |
Characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style.
Established or favoured by custom or use; current; prevailing at a particular time.
(archaic) genteel; well-bred
* Shakespeare
A person; a fop
* {{quote-book, year=1860, author=Various, title=Atlantic Monthly, Vol. VI.,October, 1860.--No. XXXVI., chapter=, edition=
, 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=
, 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
, 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. }}
(groom)
having a neat and clean appearance; well cared-for
A man who is about to become or has recently become part of a married couple. Short form of bridegroom.
A person who cares for horses.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
, author=Brian Hayes
, title=Father of Fractals
, volume=101, issue=1, page=62
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One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department.
To attend to one's appearance and clothing.
To care for horses or other animals by brushing and cleaning them.
To prepare someone for election or appointment.
* {{quote-magazine, title=What a waste
, date=2013-05-11, volume=407, issue=8835, page=12
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To prepare a ski slope for skiers
To attempt to gain the trust of a minor or adult with the intention of subjecting them to abusive or exploitative behaviour such as sexual abuse, human trafficking or sexual slavery.
As an adjective fashionable
is characteristic of or influenced by a current popular trend or style.As a noun fashionable
is a person; a fop.As a verb groomed is
(groom).fashionable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- a fashionable''' dress; a '''fashionable man
- the fashionable''' philosophy; '''fashionable opinions
- fashionable society
- Time is like a fashionable host / That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand.
Synonyms
*Noun
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groomed
English
Verb
(head)groom
English
Etymology 1
1604, short for . Germanic cognates include Icelandic gumi and Norwegian gume. Cognate to (human) from Proto-Indo-European via Latin homo. Second element reanalyzed as groom , "attendant."Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* groomdom * groomhood * groomship * groomzilla * child groomCoordinate terms
* bride * bride-to-beSynonyms
* bridegroomEtymology 2
From (etyl) grom, , though uncertain as *gr?an? was used typically of plants; its secondary meaning being "to turn green". Alternate etymology describes Middle English grom, grome'' as an alteration of , etc.), with the Middle Dutch and Old Icelandic cognates following similar variation of their respective forms.Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.}}
- the groom''' of the chamber; the '''groom of the stole
Synonyms
* ostlerVerb
(en verb)citation, passage=India is run by gerontocrats and epigones: grey hairs and groomed heirs.}}