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Pizzazz vs Panache - What's the difference?

pizzazz | panache |

As nouns the difference between pizzazz and panache

is that pizzazz is flair, zest, or vitality; vigor; energy while panache is shandy (mix of beer and lemonade).

As a verb panache is

.

As an adjective panache is

mixed, variegated.

pizzazz

English

Alternative forms

* pazazz, pazzazz, pizazz, pzazz

Noun

(-)
  • Flair, zest, or vitality; vigor; energy.
    • The show had a lot of pizzazz , with glittering costumes and upbeat music.

    Related terms

    * pizzazzy

    panache

    English

    (wikipedia panache)

    Noun

  • (countable) An ornamental plume on a helmet.
  • * 1896 — , Chapter 4
    • 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.
  • (uncountable) Flamboyant, energetic style or action; dash; verve.
  • * 1894 —
    • 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.

    Synonyms

    * (ornament on a helmet) hackle, plume, plumage * (flamboyant style) dash, flamboyance, swagger, verve