The difference between Bourgeois and Galliard
When used as nouns, bourgeois means the middle class, whereas galliard means a lively dance, popular in 16th- and 17th-century europe.
When used as adjectives, bourgeois means of or relating to the middle class, their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values, whereas galliard means gay.
Bourgeois is also verb with the meaning: to make bourgeois.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bourgeois and Galliard
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Bourgeois as an adjective (often, pejorative):
Of or relating to the middle class, their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
Examples:
"bourgeois opinion"
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Bourgeois as an adjective (historical):
Of or relating to the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
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Bourgeois as an adjective (Marxism):
Of or relating to the capitalist class, the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.
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Bourgeois as a noun (political, collectively, usually plural):
The middle class.
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Bourgeois as a noun (rare):
An individual member of the middle class.
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Bourgeois as a noun (usually, pejorative):
A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.
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Bourgeois as a noun (history):
An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
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Bourgeois as a noun (Marxism):
A capitalist, an exploiter of the proletariat.
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Bourgeois as a verb (transitive):
To make bourgeois.
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Bourgeois as a noun (printing, dated):
A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point.
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Galliard as a noun:
A lively dance, popular in 16th- and 17th-century Europe
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Galliard as a noun (music):
The triple-time music for this dance
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Galliard as a noun (dated):
A brisk, merry person.
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Galliard as a noun (uncountable, Continental, _, printing, dated):
An intermediate size of type alternatively equated with brevier (by Didot points) or bourgeois (by Fournier points and by size).
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Galliard as an adjective:
gay; brisk; active