Jaunty vs Vibrant - What's the difference?
jaunty | vibrant |
Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
Dapper or stylish.
Ostentatiously self-confident.
Pulsing with energy or activity
Lively and vigorous
Vibrating, resonant or resounding
* {{quote-journal
, year=1770
, title=The Empire of Love. / A Philosophical Poem.
, journal=Miscellanies, in Verse and Prose, English and Latin
, page=111
, publisher=T. Bensley, for J. White
, author=Anthony Champion
, passage=Mock their pale vigils, void and vain, / Whether, more curious than humane, / Like Augurs old, they pore / On the still-vibrant fibre's frame;}}
* {{quote-book
, title=The Singing of the Future
, author=David Thomas Ffrangcon-Davies
, publisher=J. Lane
, year=1905
, page=258
, passage=A vibrant voice in the true sense is of course desirable}}
(of a colour) bright
As a proper noun jaunty
is (a traditional nickname for a navy master-at-arms).As a noun vibrant is
trill.jaunty
English
Adjective
(er)- The courtier was a jaunty fellow, attuned to the esoteric court gossip and attentive to the least beneficial wind of favor blowing from the throne.
- He wore a jaunty outfit that was all the rage.
- He walked down the street with a jaunty swaggering step, as if daring others less perfectly satisfied to intrude upon his good mood.
References
*vibrant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He has a vibrant personality.