Panache vs Patache - What's the difference?
panache | patache |
(countable) An ornamental plume on a helmet.
* 1896 — , Chapter 4
(uncountable) Flamboyant, energetic style or action; dash; verve.
* 1894 —
As nouns the difference between panache and patache
is that panache is shandy (mix of beer and lemonade) while patache is a dispatch-boat; a small vessel used to communicate between the vessels of a fleet.As a verb panache
is .As an adjective panache
is mixed, variegated.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.