Newfangled vs Innovated - What's the difference?
newfangled | innovated |
(usually, derogatory, or, humorous) Contemptibly modern, unfamiliar, or different.
(innovate)
(obsolete) To alter, to change into something new; to revolutionize.
* , New York 2001, p.80:
* South
To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new.
To introduce (something) as new.
As an adjective newfangled
is (usually|derogatory|or|humorous) contemptibly modern, unfamiliar, or different.As a verb innovated is
(innovate).newfangled
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Alternative forms
* new-fangledAdjective
(-)- newfangled electronic gadgets that cost a lot and do little
innovated
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Verb
(head)innovate
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Verb
(en-verb)- But the most frequent maladies are such as proceed from themselves, as first when religion and God's service is neglected, innovated or altered […].
- From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds to innovate God's worship.
- to innovate a word or an act
