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Glitz vs Glamour - What's the difference?

glitz | glamour |

As nouns the difference between glitz and glamour

is that glitz is garish, brilliant showiness while glamour is (countable) an item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance.

As a verb glamour is

to enchant; to bewitch.

glitz

English

Noun

(-)
  • garish, brilliant showiness

    • Related terms

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    glamour

    English

    Alternative forms

    * glamor (US) (Commonwealth-spelling widely accepted across the states.)

    Noun

  • (countable) an item, motif, person, image that by association improves appearance
  • Witchcraft; magic charm; a spell affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.
  • A kind of haze in the air, causing things to appear different from what they really are.
  • Any artificial interest in, or association with, an object, or person, through which it or they appear delusively magnified or glorified.
  • (uncountable) Alluring beauty or charm (often with sex appeal)
    • glamour''' magazines; a '''glamour model

    Derived terms

    * glamorous/glamourous * glamorously * glamour model * glamour photography * glammed up * glam rock * glam

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To enchant; to bewitch.

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