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Flamboyance vs Panache - What's the difference?

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Panache is a synonym of flamboyance.



As nouns the difference between flamboyance and panache

is that flamboyance is the condition of being flamboyant while panache is an ornamental plume on a helmet.

flamboyance

English

Noun

(-)
  • The condition of being flamboyant
  • A group of flamingos
  • panache

    Noun

  • (countable) An ornamental plume on a helmet.
  • * 1896 — , Chapter 4
  • I had taken the panache from my shako so that it might escape notice, but even with my fine overcoat I feared that sooner or later my uniform would betray me.
  • (uncountable) Flamboyant, energetic style or action; dash; verve.
  • * 1894
  • One old gentleman, who was in the habit of reading a Paris newspaper and knew things, chuckled gleefully to everybody that Alcée’s conduct was altogether chic, mais chic. That he had more panache than Boulanger. Well, perhaps he had.

    Synonyms

    * (ornament on a helmet) hackle, plume, plumage * (flamboyant style) dash, flamboyance, swagger, verve