Ostentation vs Pretentious - What's the difference?
ostentation | pretentious |
Ambitious display; vain show; display intended to excite admiration or applause.
(obsolete) A show or spectacle.
* 1599 ,
Marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.
Ostentatious; intended to impress others.
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As a noun ostentation
is ambitious display; vain show; display intended to excite admiration or applause.As a adjective pretentious is
marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction.ostentation
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Noun
(en-noun)- Let her awhile be secretly kept in,
- And publish it that she is dead indeed:
- Maintain a mourning ostentation ;
Synonyms
* parade * pageantry * show * showiness * pomp * pompousness * vaunting * boasting * See alsoExternal links
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Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)- Their song titles are pretentious in the context of their basic lyrics.
- Her dress was obviously more pretentious than comfortable.