As adjectives the difference between opulent and sophisticated
is that opulent is luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent while sophisticated is having obtained worldly experience, and lacking ; cosmopolitan.
As a verb sophisticated is
(sophisticate).
opulent
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent.
Rich, sumptuous and extravagant.
sophisticated
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking ; cosmopolitan.
Elegant, refined.
Complicated, especially of complex technology.
Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.
(obsolete, UK) Dishonest or misleading.
Antonyms
* (having obtained worldly experience) provincial
Synonyms
* (having obtained worldly experience) worldly
Related terms
* sophisticate
* sophist
* sophistry
* philosophy
Verb
(head)
(sophisticate)
References
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition 1997