Difference between Flamboyant and Colourful

What is the difference between Flamboyant and Colourful?

Flamboyant as an adjective is showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc. while Colourful as an adjective is possessing prominent and varied colours.

Flamboyant

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, etc. Referred to as the final stage of French Gothic architecture from the 14th to the 16th centuries.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A showy tropical tree, the royal poinciana (Delonix regia)

Example sentence: I'm a flamboyant type of guy, a cooler version of Liberace.

Colourful

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Possessing prominent and varied colours.Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).

We hope you now know whether to use Flamboyant or Colourful in your sentence.

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