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Showy vs Whizzy - What's the difference?

showy | whizzy |

As adjectives the difference between showy and whizzy

is that showy is calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye while whizzy is nifty; impressive, often in a superficial or showy way.

showy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (sometimes, derogatory) calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye
    • Synonyms
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    Hyponyms

    * slutty

    Derived terms

    * showiness

    whizzy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) Nifty; impressive, often in a superficial or showy way.
  • * 2003 , Brenda Laurel, Design Research: Methods and Perspectives
    • Many workers in research and in design start their efforts by falling in love with a whizzy strategy — or worse yet a mere tactic...
  • * 2005 , Mike Southon, Christopher West, The Beermat Entrepreneur
    • Remember that the ultimate judge of any commercial offering, from a corner shop to the whizziest internet application, is the marketplace...
  • * 2007 , John Hossein Ghazvinian, Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil
    • ...creating a sort of African Saudi Arabia where the world's poorest and most dispossessed are catapulted into a whizzy tomorrowland...