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Glamorous vs Spartan - What's the difference?

glamorous | spartan |

As adjectives the difference between glamorous and spartan

is that glamorous is having glamour; stylish while spartan is of or relating to sparta or its citizens.

As a proper noun spartan is

a citizen of sparta.

As a noun spartan is

a red apple cultivar from british columbia, canada.

glamorous

English

Alternative forms

* glamourous US & UK; not only UK

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having glamour; stylish.
  • (archaic) Being associated with one or more glamours.

    • Derived terms

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    spartan

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Austere, frugal, characterized by self-denial.
    • I went on the retreat to the monastery, thinking I would be sleeping in a spartan cell, only to discover a simple but comfortable bedroom.
  • Resolute in the face of danger or adversity.
    • The spartan legionaries vowed to fight to the death.
  • Lacking in decoration and luxury.
    • After ten years as a fashion designer in the rough-and-tumble Garment District, Eloise left New York for the spartan but serene life of a farmer's wife.

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