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Chic vs Snazzy - What's the difference?

chic | snazzy |

As adjectives the difference between chic and snazzy

is that chic is stylish; elegant while snazzy is elegant in manner of dress; stylish, modern or appealing in appearance; flashy.

As a noun chic

is good form; style.

chic

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • stylish; elegant
  • Derived terms

    * ecochic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Good form; style.
  • Usage notes

    * The noun chic is very often used with an attributive noun or adjective modifier, indicating the kind of style; hence "heroin chic", "boho-chic", "shabby chic", and so on.

    Derived terms

    * (List of chics)

    See also

    * ("chic" on Wikipedia) ----

    snazzy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) Elegant in manner of dress; stylish, modern or appealing in appearance; flashy.
  • * 2000 , Alev Aktar, " TAILOR MADE GOES: Fashion week closes with Calvin, Donna and Vera," New York Daily News , 23 Sep. (retrieved 8 Jan. 2009):
  • One particularly snazzy outfit consisted of vertically striped pants paired with a horizontally striped and sequined top.
  • (informal) Excellent; clever, ingenious, or adept in behavior, operation, or execution.
  • * 1938 , Jane Murdock, "Friday Afternoon Dances," Washington Post , 17 Apr., p. PY8:
  • Those Friday afternoon dances in the gym are really snazzy .
  • * 2009 , Suzanne Choney, " Palm looks to regain place in smartphone race," msnbc.com , 8 Jan (retrieved 8 Jan 2009) :
  • Of those migrating to the iPhone from other devices, a good number of them are former Treo users who found Apple's device to be a souped-up, snazzier and even easier-to-use version of the Treo.

    Synonyms

    * dapper, elegant, pizazzy, smart, cool * cool (informal), nifty (informal), smart

    Antonyms

    * inelegant, scruffy, sloppy * crappy (coarse slang''), duff, lame (''informal, especially US ), naff (informal), rubbishy (informal)