Ornamental vs Panache - What's the difference?
ornamental | panache |
Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing.
(countable) An ornamental plume on a helmet.
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(uncountable) Flamboyant, energetic style or action; dash; verve.
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As nouns the difference between ornamental and panache
is that ornamental is an ornamental plant while panache is (countable) an ornamental plume on a helmet.As a adjective ornamental
is serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing.ornamental
English
(wikipedia ornamental)Adjective
(en adjective)- Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles.
panache
English
(wikipedia panache)Noun
- I had taken the panache from my shako so that it might escape notice, but even with my fine overcoat I feared that sooner or later my uniform would betray me.
- One old gentleman, who was in the habit of reading a Paris newspaper and knew things, chuckled gleefully to everybody that Alcée’s conduct was altogether chic, mais chic. That he had more panache than Boulanger. Well, perhaps he had.