Difference between Spruce and Jaunty

What is the difference between Spruce and Jaunty?

Spruce as an adjective is made of the wood of the spruce. while Jaunty as an adjective is airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.

Spruce

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Any of various large coniferous evergreen trees from the genus Picea, found in northern temperate and boreal regions; originally and more fully spruce fir. The wood of a spruce.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Made of the wood of the spruce. Being from a spruce tree. Smart, trim, and elegant in appearance; fastidious (said of a person).

Part of speech: verb

Definition: (usually with up) to arrange neatly; tidy up (usually with up) to make oneself spruce (neat and elegant in appearance) to tease

Jaunty

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.Dapper or stylish.Ostentatiously self-confident.

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