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Stimulating vs Highbrow - What's the difference?

stimulating | highbrow |

As adjectives the difference between stimulating and highbrow

is that stimulating is having a manner that stimulates while highbrow is (us|colloquial) intellectually stimulating, highly cultured.

As a verb stimulating

is .

As a noun highbrow is

a cultured or learned person or thing.

stimulating

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having a manner that stimulates.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • highbrow

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia highbrow) (-)
  • (US, colloquial) Intellectually stimulating, highly cultured.

    • Antonyms

    * lowbrow

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cultured or learned person or thing.

    • Related terms

    * lowbrow * middlebrow

    References

    * ESC, 2003. Re:highbrow, middlebrow, lowbrow'', ''The Phrase finder . * Robert Hendrickson, 1997. Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins'' (New York: ''Facts on File )