Sleek vs Garish - What's the difference?
sleek | garish |
Having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy.
* Dryden
Not rough or harsh.
* Milton
That which makes smooth; varnish.
Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste.
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*:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
*2003 August 10, Ken Keeler, "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings", Futurama , season 5, episode 16, Fox Broadcasting Company
*:Leela: He gave me mechanical ears / Effective though just a bit garish .
As adjectives the difference between sleek and garish
is that sleek is having an even, smooth surface; smooth; hence, glossy while garish is overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste.As an adverb sleek
is (dated) with ease and dexterity.As a verb sleek
is to make smooth or glossy; to polish or cause to be attractive.As a noun sleek
is that which makes smooth; varnish.sleek
English
Adjective
(er)- sleek hair
- So sleek her skin, so faultless was her make.
- Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek .