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Jaunty vs Vibrant - What's the difference?

jaunty | vibrant |

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)
  • Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
  • 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.
  • Dapper or stylish.
  • He wore a jaunty outfit that was all the rage.
  • Ostentatiously self-confident.
  • He walked down the street with a jaunty swaggering step, as if daring others less perfectly satisfied to intrude upon his good mood.

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    vibrant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pulsing with energy or activity
  • He has a vibrant personality.
  • 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