The difference between Style and Substance
When used as nouns, style means a manner of doing or presenting things, especially a fashionable one, whereas substance means physical matter.
When used as verbs, style means to create or give a style, fashion or image to, whereas substance means to give substance to.
check bellow for the other definitions of Style and Substance
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Style as a noun:
A manner of doing or presenting things, especially a fashionable one.
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Style as a noun:
Flair; grace; fashionable skill.
Examples:
"As a dancer, he has a lot of style."
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Style as a noun (botany):
The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
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Style as a noun:
A traditional or legal term preceding a reference to a person who holds a title or post.
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Style as a noun:
A traditional or legal term used to address a person who holds a title or post.
Examples:
"the style of Majesty"
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Style as a noun (nonstandard):
A stylus.
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Style as a noun (obsolete):
A pen; an author's pen.
Examples:
"rfquotek Dryden"
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Style as a noun:
A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.
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Style as a noun:
A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument.
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Style as a noun:
A long, slender, bristle-like process.
Examples:
"the anal styles of insects"
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Style as a noun:
The pin, or gnomon, of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.
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Style as a noun (computing):
A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as bold or italic.
Examples:
"applying styles to text in a wordprocessor"
"Cascading Style Sheets"
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Style as a verb (transitive):
To create or give a style, fashion or image to.
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Style as a verb (transitive):
To call or give a name or title to.
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Substance as a noun:
Physical matter; material.
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Substance as a noun:
The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
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Substance as a noun:
Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
Examples:
"Some textile fabrics have little substance."
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Substance as a noun:
Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
Examples:
"a man of substance'"
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Substance as a noun:
A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
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Substance as a noun:
Drugs
Examples:
"'substance abuse"
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Substance as a noun (theology):
Hypostasis.
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Substance as a verb (rare, transitive):
To give substance to; to make real or substantial.