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Trendsetting vs Novelty - What's the difference?

trendsetting | novelty |

As an adjective trendsetting

is taking a leading role in setting trends, particularly in business or the arts.

As a noun novelty is

the state of being new or novel; newness.

trendsetting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Taking a leading role in setting trends, particularly in business or the arts
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=June 24, author=Dan Shaw, title=An Ancient Studio for an Even Older Craft, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=By 1989, she was selling to Zona, the trendsetting home-furnishings boutique in SoHo, where customers used to wait in line to get inside on holiday weekends. }}

    Derived terms

    *trendsetting rate

    Related terms

    *trendsetter

    novelty

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia novelty)
  • The state of being new or novel; newness.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 24 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3 , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=Men In Black 3 lacks the novelty of the first film, and its take on the late ’60s feels an awful lot like a psychedelic dress-up party, all broad caricatures and groovy vibes.}}
  • A new product; an innovation.
  • * 1748 . David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.
    • Reconciling profound enquiry with clearness, and truth with novelty .
  • A small mass-produced trinket.
  • In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.

    • Derived terms

    * novelty song * novelty theory