Gauche vs Garish - What's the difference?
gauche | garish |
Awkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling.
*19th century , (1793-1860), The Spirit Court of Practice and Pretence :
*:Seeking by vulgar pomp and gauche display
*:In 'good society', to make her way
* 1879 , George Meredith, The Egoist ,
*1895 , H.G. Wells, The Wonderful Visit , :
*:"He's a trifle gauche'" said Lady Hammergallow, jumping upon the Vicar's attention. "He neither bows nor smiles. He must cultivate oddities like that. Every successful executant is more or less ' gauche ."
(mathematics, archaic) Skewed, not plane.
(chemistry) Describing a torsion angle of 60°
Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste.
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*:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
*2003 August 10, Ken Keeler, "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings", Futurama , season 5, episode 16, Fox Broadcasting Company
*:Leela: He gave me mechanical ears / Effective though just a bit garish .
As adjectives the difference between gauche and garish
is that gauche is awkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling while garish is overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste.gauche
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She looked a trifle gauche , it struck me; more like a country girl with the hoyden taming in her than the well-bred creature she is.