The difference between Garish and Gaudy

When used as adjectives, garish means overly ostentatious, whereas gaudy means very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.


Gaudy is also noun with the meaning: one of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.

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  1. Garish as an adjective:

    Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste.

    Examples:

    "The dress fits her well, but the pattern is rather garish."

  1. Gaudy as an adjective:

    very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner

  2. Gaudy as an adjective (obsolete):

    gay; merry; festive

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Tennyson"

  1. Gaudy as a noun:

    One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Gower"

  1. Gaudy as a noun:

    A reunion held by one of the colleges of the University of Oxford for alumni, normally held during the summer vacations.

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