Gothic vs Acroterium - What's the difference?
gothic | acroterium |
of or relating to the Goths.
barbarous, rude, unpolished, belonging to the "Dark Ages", medieval as opposed to classical.
of or relating to the architectural style favored in western Europe in the 12th to 16th centuries.
of or relating to the style of fictional writing associated with the Gothic revival, emphasizing violent or macabre events in a mysterious, desolate setting.
(typography) in England, of the name of type formerly used to print German, also known as black letter .
(typography) in the USA, of a sans serif typeface using straight, even-width lines, also called grotesque
of or relating to the goth subculture or lifestyle.
A novel written in the Gothic style.
* 1996 , Nora Sayre, Sixties going on seventies (page 180)
(architecture) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment, or upon the gables in Gothic architecture.
One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.
As nouns the difference between gothic and acroterium
is that gothic is a novel written in the Gothic style while acroterium is one of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment, or upon the gables in Gothic architecture.As a proper noun Gothic
is an extinct Germanic language, once spoken by the Goths.As an adjective Gothic
is of or relating to the Goths.gothic
English
(Gothic language)Alternative forms
* Gothick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- "Enormities which gleam like comets through the darkness of gothic and superstitious ages." (Percy Bysshe Shelley in a 1812 letter, Prose Works (1888) II.384, cited after OED)
- Why is this gothic glam so popular? (New Musical Express 24 December 1983, cited after OED)
Noun
(en noun)- One hundred fifty Gothics sold over 1.5 million copies a month last spring.