Rakish vs Breezy - What's the difference?
rakish | breezy | Synonyms |
dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance.
(dated) like a rake; dissolute; profligate
* Macaulay
with a breeze blowing, with a lively wind, pleasantly windy
(figuratively) with a cheerful, casual, lively and light-hearted manner
* July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
*:Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
Rakish is a synonym of breezy.
As adjectives the difference between rakish and breezy
is that rakish is dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance while breezy is with a breeze blowing, with a lively wind, pleasantly windy.rakish
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- ... the rakish Dennis Quaid, a Houston native who is moving to Texas in a couple of years and wants it to become "the new Hollywood." (Houston Chronicle, 6/8/2007)
- The arduous task of converting a rakish lover.