Camp vs. Kitsch

Camp vs. Kitsch — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Camp and Kitsch

Campnoun

An outdoor place acting as temporary accommodation in tents or other temporary structures.

Kitschnoun

Art, decorative objects and other forms of representation of questionable artistic or aesthetic value; a representation that is excessively sentimental, overdone, or vulgar.

Campnoun

An organised event, often taking place in tents or temporary accommodation.

Kitschadjective

Of art and decor: of questionable aesthetic value; excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.

Campnoun

A base of a military group, not necessarily temporary.

Kitschnoun

art in pretentious bad taste

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Campnoun

A single hut or shelter.

a hunter's camp

Kitschadjective

of a display that is tawdry or vulgar

Campnoun

The company or body of persons encamped.

Campnoun

A group of people with the same strong ideals or political leanings.

Campnoun

(uncommon) Campus

Campnoun

(informal) A summer camp.

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Campnoun

(agriculture) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; called also burrow and pie.

Campnoun

(obsolete) Conflict; battle.

Campnoun

An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England.

Campnoun

An affected, exaggerated or intentionally tasteless style.

Campverb

To live in a tent or similar temporary accommodation.

We're planning to camp in the field until Sunday.

Campverb

To set up a camp.

Campverb

(transitive) To afford rest or lodging for.

Campverb

(video games) To stay in an advantageous location in a video game, such as next to a power-up's spawning point or in order to guard an area.

The easiest way to win on this map is to camp the double damage.Go and camp the flag for the win.

Campverb

To fight; contend in battle or in any kind of contest; to strive with others in doing anything; compete.

Campverb

To wrangle; argue.

Campadjective

Theatrical; making exaggerated gestures.

Campadjective

Ostentatiously effeminate.

Campadjective

Intentionally tasteless or vulgar, self-parodying.

Campnoun

temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers;

wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling

Campnoun

a group of people living together in a camp;

the whole camp laughed at his mistake

Campnoun

temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers;

level ground is best for parking and camp areas

Campnoun

an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose

Campnoun

a prison for forced laborers;

China has many work camps for political prisoners

Campnoun

something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality;

the livingroom was pure camp

Campnoun

shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs

Campnoun

a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months;

city kids get to see the country at a summer camp

Campverb

live in or as if in a tent;

Can we go camping again this summer?The circus tented near the townThe houseguests had to camp in the living room

Campverb

establish or set up a camp

Campverb

give an artificially banal or sexual quality to

Campadjective

providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities;

they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effectcampy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's