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Austere vs Frivolous - What's the difference?

austere | frivolous |

As adjectives the difference between austere and frivolous

is that austere is austere while frivolous is silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner.

austere

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Grim or severe in manner or appearance
    • The headmistress was an austere old woman.
  • Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy
    • The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.

    Synonyms

    * (grim or severe) stern, strict, forbidding * (lacking trivial decoration) simple, plain, unadorned, unembellished

    Antonyms

    * (not lacking trivial decoration) overwrought, flamboyant, extravagant, gaudy, flashy

    Derived terms

    * austerity * austerely

    frivolous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Silly, especially at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate manner.
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  • * Factcheck.org[http://www.factcheck.org/article133.html]:
    • One of the major cost drivers in the delivery of health care are these junk and frivolous lawsuits.
  • Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight.
  • In litigation, a lawsuit filed by a party who is aware the claim is without merit and has no reasonable prospect of success because of a lack of supporting legal or factual basis.

    • Derived terms

    * frivolent * frivolously * frivolousness

    Related terms

    * frivol * frivolity

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