Plush vs Exorbitant - What's the difference?
plush | exorbitant |
(UK) Very extravagant.
(UK) Very expensive, or appearing expensive.
(of a man-made object) Having a soft, fluffy exterior.
A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.
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* 1922 , (Margery Williams), (The Velveteen Rabbit)
A (type of) child's toy, usually an animal, filled with soft material.
* 2002 , Billboard (volume 114, number 9, 2 March 2002, page 70)
* 2008 , Lionel Birglen, Thierry Laliberté, Clément M. Gosselin, Underactuated Robotic Hands (page 94)
* 2011 , Bob Sehlinger, Menasha Ridge, Len Testa, The Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World 2012 (page 759)
exceeding proper limits; extravagant; excessive or unduly high.
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As adjectives the difference between plush and exorbitant
is that plush is (uk) very extravagant while exorbitant is exceeding proper limits; extravagant; excessive or unduly high.As a noun plush
is a textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.plush
English
Adjective
(er)- They lived in a plush apartment complex.
- This plush toy is so cute and soft - I want it!
Noun
- That night the Boy slept in a different bedroom, and he had a new bunny to sleep with him. It was a splendid bunny, all white plush with real glass eyes, but the Boy was too excited to care very much about it.
- When Play Along — the holder of the Care Bears master toy license — placed Care Bears plushes in Spencer Gifts last year, tweens and teenage girls bought the toys.
- For a small fee, the player can control a crane equipped with a gripper to pick a gift, usually a plush or a small toy, and has to drop it in a place where he/she can grab it.
- L.A. Prop Cinema Storage, full of kids' clothing (mostly for girls), PJs, and lots of toys and plushes (there's also a substantial infant area).
Derived terms
* plushie * plushly * plushness * plushy * plush toyexorbitant
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It's a nice car, but they are charging an exorbitant price for it.
- You also have to pay exorbitant interest if you have credit card debt.