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Variegate vs Colorful - What's the difference?

variegate | colorful |

As adjectives the difference between variegate and colorful

is that variegate is variegated while colorful is possessing]] prominent and varied [[colour|colors.

As a verb variegate

is to add variety to something; to diversify.

variegate

English

Verb

  • to add variety to something; to diversify
  • to change the appearance of something, especially by covering with patches or streaks of different colour
  • to dabble

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • variegated

    • Derived terms

    * variegate porphyria

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    colorful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * colourful (Commonwealth English)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Possessing]] prominent and varied [[colour, colors.
  • * 1895 , The Annual of the British School at Athens
    • It was a colourful vase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the main frieze. These bands also carry a metope pattern in white of triple lines and blobs, which can just be distinguished on the photographs.
  • Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1895, author=H. Walter Staner and Henry Sturmey, title=The Autocar,
    • passage=One of the most colourful' people in motor racing, he writes in a ' colourful manner.}}
  • (euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language ).
  • * 2002 , news.bbc.co.uk
    • Hussain celebrated reaching his ton with a gesture towards the media centre, pointing to the number three on the back of his shirt and offering some colourful language.