Passe vs Veteran - What's the difference?
passe | veteran | Related terms |
(colloquial) dated; out of style; old-fashioned
* We'll paint the town blue 'cause, baby, red is so passé. - The Pierces
* I never thought you'd be a junkie, because heroin is so passé. - The Dandy Warhols
Past one's prime; worn; faded.
A person with long experience of a particular activity.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= A person who has served in the armed forces, especially an old soldier who has seen long service.
Having had long experience, practice, or service.
* Macaulay
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=4 Of or relating to former members of the military armed forces, especially those who served during wartime.
Passe is a related term of veteran.
As nouns the difference between passe and veteran
is that passe is while veteran is veteran.passe
English
Alternative forms
* passeAdjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
As in French, is sometimes used for the feminine: "a passée belle".Anagrams
* English borrowed terms ----veteran
English
(wikipedia veteran)Noun
(en noun)Engineers of a different kind, passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.
Derived terms
* Veterans DayAdjective
(-)- The insinuating eloquence and delicate flattery of veteran diplomatists and courtiers.
citation, passage=Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.}}
