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Swanky vs Trendy - What's the difference?

swanky | trendy |

As adjectives the difference between swanky and trendy

is that swanky is rather posh, elegant, ritzy while trendy is (slang) of, or in accordance with the latest trend, fashion or hype.

As a noun trendy is

a person.

swanky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Rather posh, elegant, ritzy.

    • Synonyms

    * swank

    trendy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (slang) of, or in accordance with the latest trend, fashion or hype
    • I hate those trendy pre-wrinkled shirts.

    Synonyms

    * superficial, shallow, materialistic * mistakenly fashionable, , with-it, voguish, avant-garde

    Noun

    (trendies)
  • a person