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Pompous vs Prestigious - What's the difference?

pompous | prestigious |

As adjectives the difference between pompous and prestigious

is that pompous is affectedly grand, solemn or self-important while prestigious is of high prestige.

pompous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.
  • * 1848, , Bantam Classics (1997), 16:
    • "Not that the parting speech caused Amelia to philosophise, or that it armed her in any way with a calmness, the result of argument; but it was intolerably dull, pompous , and tedious; and having the fear of her schoolmistress greatly before her eyes, Miss Sedley did not venture, in her presence, to give way to any ebullitions of private grief."

    Synonyms

    * conceited * smug * See also

    Antonyms

    * humble * modest * self-effacing

    Related terms

    * pomp * pomposity * pompously

    External links

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    prestigious

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of high prestige.
    • She has a prestigious job with an international organization.

    Usage notes

    * Objects: award, prize, job, address, school, university, college, club, journal, firm, institution, office, etc.

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