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Luxurious vs Baroque - What's the difference?

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Luxurious is a related term of baroque.


As adjectives the difference between luxurious and baroque

is that luxurious is enjoying pleasures of luxury while baroque is ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.

luxurious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Enjoying pleasures of luxury.
  • Being very fine and comfortable.

    • Antonyms

    * impoverished

    Synonyms

    * epicurean

    See also

    * sumptuous

    Related terms

    * luxuriant * luxuriate * luxuriously * luxury

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    baroque

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • from the Baroque period in visual art and music.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A period in western architecture from ca. 1600 to the middle of the eighteenth century, known for its abundance of decoration.
  • A period in western art from ca. 1600 to the middle of the eighteenth century, characterized by drama, rich color, and dramatic contrast between light and shadow.
  • A period in western music from ca. 1600 to ca. 1760, characterized by extensive use of counterpoint, basso-continuo, and extensive ornamentation.
  • The chess variant invented in 1962 by mathematician Robert Abbott, or any of its descendants, where pieces move alike, but have differing methods of capture.