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Pageant vs Grandeur - What's the difference?

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Pageant is a related term of grandeur.


As nouns the difference between pageant and grandeur

is that pageant is an elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume while grandeur is the state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.

As a verb pageant

is to exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.

pageant

English

(wikipedia pageant)

Alternative forms

* pageaunt (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An elaborate public display, especially a parade in historical or traditional costume.
  • A spectacular ceremony.
  • A beauty pageant.

    • Synonyms

    * (elaborate public display) spectacle * (beauty pageant) beauty pageant

    Derived terms

    * pageantry * beauty pageant

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To exhibit in show; to represent; to mimic.
  • * Shakespeare
    • He pageants us.

    grandeur

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.
  • Nobility.
  • (archaic, rare) Greatness; largeness; tallness; loftiness.

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