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Psychedelic vs Flamboyant - What's the difference?

psychedelic | flamboyant |

As adjectives the difference between psychedelic and flamboyant

is that psychedelic is of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered awareness etc while flamboyant is showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.

As nouns the difference between psychedelic and flamboyant

is that psychedelic is any psychoactive substance (such as lsd or psilocybin) which, when consumed]], causes [[perception|perceptual changes (sometimes erratic and uncontrollable), visual hallucination, and altered awareness of the body and mind while flamboyant is a showy tropical tree, the royal poinciana (delonix regia ).

As an interjection psychedelic

is awesome, cool, groovy.

psychedelic

English

(wikipedia psychedelic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, containing, generating, or reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations, distortions of perception, altered awareness etc.
  • Having bright colours, abstract shapes, etc. reminiscent of drug-induced hallucinations or distortions of perception.

    • Synonyms

    * (of hallucinations) trippy * (having bright colours) multi-coloured

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any psychoactive substance (such as LSD or psilocybin) which, when consumed]], causes [[perception, perceptual changes (sometimes erratic and uncontrollable), visual hallucination, and altered awareness of the body and mind.

    • Interjection

    psychedelic !
  • awesome, cool, groovy

    • Related terms

    * psychedelia

    flamboyant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc.
  • * 1902 , ,
    • When we see some of the monstrous and flamboyant blossoms that enrich the equatorial woods, we do not feel that they are conflagrations of nature; silent explosions of her frightful energy. We simply find it hard to believe that they are not wax flowers grown under a glass case.
  • * 1920 , , Chapter VI: The Question of Clearness,
    • But a scorn of flamboyant neckties and checkerboard trousers is no excuse for going to the opposite extreme of a blue flannel shirt and overalls; .
  • * 1962 May 12, ,
    • The unbelievers will say they are but words, but a slogan, but a flamboyant phrase.
  • (architecture) Referred to as the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
  • * 1891 , , Chapter XIX: Avignon,
    • S. Pierre is a flamboyant church, the details passing into Renaissance.
  • * 1911 , ,
    • The second is a chapel of two storeys, the lower dating from 1150, while the upper was rebuilt in the 15th century, and there is a rich Flamboyant entrance with a stairway (1533).
  • * 1913 , ,
    • The nave and central tower, more flamboyant in design, were finished early in the sixteenth century after the original plan.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A showy tropical tree, the royal poinciana (Delonix regia )
  • * 1919 ,
    • The schooners moored to the quay are trim and neat, the little town along the bay is white and urbane, and the flamboyants , scarlet against the blue sky, flaunt their colour like a cry of passion.