Stately vs Palatial - What's the difference?

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Stately is a related term of palatial.

As adjectives the difference between stately and palatial

is that stately is of people: regal, dignified; worthy of respect while palatial is of or relating to a palace.

As an adverb stately

is in a stately manner.

stately

English

Adjective

(er)

Of people: regal, dignified; worthy of respect.

* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,

Warwick's first glance had revealed the fact that the young woman was strikingly handsome, with a stately beauty seldom encountered.

Of movement: dignified; deliberate, unhurried.

* 2010 , "An own goal on gay rights", The Economist , 14 Oct 2010:

And much as they welcome his promise to repeal “don’t ask, don’t tell”, they are dismayed by the stately pace and bungled tactics of his attempts to do so.

Imposing; grand, impressive.

Adverb

(en adverb)

In a stately manner.

palatial

English

Adjective

(head)

Of or relating to a palace.

On a grand scale; with very rich furnishing(s).

The home where he lived was palatial .