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Swanky vs Dapper - What's the difference?

swanky | dapper |

As adjectives the difference between swanky and dapper

is that swanky is rather posh, elegant, ritzy while dapper is neat, trim.

swanky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Rather posh, elegant, ritzy.

    • Synonyms

    * swank

    dapper

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Neat, trim.
  • * 1892 , , The Slave Of The Lamp :
    • This entrance is through a little courtyard, in which is the stable and coach-house combined, where Madame Perinere, a lady who paints the magic word "Modes" beneath her name on the door-post of number seventeen, keeps the dapper little cart and pony which carry her bonnets to the farthest corner of Paris.
  • Stylishly dressed, neatly dressed, spiffy.
  • * 1917 , , The Man With Two Left Feet :
    • Going down the street, you would meet a typical commercial traveller, dapper and alert.

    Derived terms

    * Dapper Dan

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