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Advanced vs Whizzy - What's the difference?

advanced | whizzy |

As adjectives the difference between advanced and whizzy

is that advanced is (senseid)at or close to the state of the art while whizzy is (informal) nifty; impressive, often in a superficial or showy way.

As a verb advanced

is (advance).

advanced

English

Verb

(head)
  • (advance)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (senseid)At or close to the state of the art.
  • Enhanced.
  • Having moved forward in time or space (e.g. advanced ignition timing).
  • * Hawthorne
    • a gentleman advanced in years, with a hard experience written in his wrinkles
  • In a late stage of development; greatly developed beyond an initial stage.
  • (phonetics) Pronounced farther to the front of the vocal tract.

    • Synonyms

    * progressive, professional, sophisticated

    Derived terms

    * advanced degree * advanced green

    See also

    * cutting edge * groundbreaking

    whizzy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (informal) Nifty; impressive, often in a superficial or showy way.
  • * 2003 , Brenda Laurel, Design Research: Methods and Perspectives
    • Many workers in research and in design start their efforts by falling in love with a whizzy strategy — or worse yet a mere tactic...
  • * 2005 , Mike Southon, Christopher West, The Beermat Entrepreneur
    • Remember that the ultimate judge of any commercial offering, from a corner shop to the whizziest internet application, is the marketplace...
  • * 2007 , John Hossein Ghazvinian, Untapped: The Scramble for Africa's Oil
    • ...creating a sort of African Saudi Arabia where the world's poorest and most dispossessed are catapulted into a whizzy tomorrowland...