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Prevalent vs Trendy - What's the difference?

prevalent | trendy |

As adjectives the difference between prevalent and trendy

is that prevalent is prevalent while trendy is (slang) of, or in accordance with the latest trend, fashion or hype.

As a verb prevalent

is .

As a noun trendy is

a person.

prevalent

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Widespread or preferred.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-03
    • , author=David S. Senchina , title=Athletics and Herbal Supplements , volume=101, issue=2, page=134 , magazine= citation , passage=Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent .}}
  • Superior in frequency or dominant.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Engineers of a different kind , passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    See also

    * prevalently * prevalence

    References

    *

    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