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Resplendent vs Ravishing - What's the difference?

resplendent | ravishing |

As adjectives the difference between resplendent and ravishing

is that resplendent is shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye while ravishing is extremely beautiful.

As a verb ravishing is

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As a noun ravishing is

an act of ravishment.

resplendent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Shiny and colourful, and thus pleasing to the eye.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny
    • , chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.}}
  • (label) Exhibiting the property of resplendency in Peano arithmetic.

    • Related terms

    * resplend * splendid * splendor

    See also

    * resplendid (misspelling) ----

    ravishing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Extremely beautiful
    • Every time I get into a conversation with this ravishing girl, I want it to last forever.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of ravishment.