Responsive vs Ostentation - What's the difference?
responsive | ostentation |
Answering, replying or responding.
Able to receive and respond to external stimuli.
Using antiphons; antiphonal.
Susceptible to the feelings of others.
(obsolete) Suited to something else; correspondent.
* Alexander Pope
(obsolete) responsible
Ambitious display; vain show; display intended to excite admiration or applause.
(obsolete) A show or spectacle.
* 1599 ,
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between responsive and ostentation
is that responsive is (obsolete) responsible while ostentation is (obsolete) a show or spectacle.As an adjective responsive
is answering, replying or responding.As a noun ostentation is
ambitious display; vain show; display intended to excite admiration or applause.responsive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The vocal lay responsive to the strings.
- (Jeremy Taylor)
Antonyms
* nonresponsive * unresponsiveDerived terms
* responsively * responsiveness * responsorial ----ostentation
English
Noun
(en-noun)- Let her awhile be secretly kept in,
- And publish it that she is dead indeed:
- Maintain a mourning ostentation ;