Style vs. Trend

Style vs. Trend — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Style and Trend

Stylenoun

A manner of doing or presenting things, especially a fashionable one.

Trendnoun

An inclination in a particular direction.

the trend of a coastlinethe upward trend of stock-market prices

Stylenoun

Flair; grace; fashionable skill.

As a dancer, he has a lot of style.

Trendnoun

A tendency.

There is a trend, these days, for people in films not to smoke.

Stylenoun

(botany) The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.

Trendnoun

A fad or fashion style.

Miniskirts were one of the biggest trends of the 1960s.
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Stylenoun

A traditional or legal term preceding a reference to a person who holds a title or post.

Trendnoun

(mathematics) A line drawn on a graph that approximates the trend of a number of disparate points.

Stylenoun

A traditional or legal term used to address a person who holds a title or post.

the style of Majesty

Trendnoun

(nautical) The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill.

Stylenoun

A stylus.

Trendnoun

(nautical) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at anchor.

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Stylenoun

(obsolete) A pen; an author's pen.

Trendnoun

Clean wool.

Stylenoun

A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.

Trendverb

(intransitive) To have a particular direction; to run; to stretch; to tend

The shore of the sea trends to the southwest.

Stylenoun

A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument.

Trendverb

(transitive) To cause to turn; to bend.

Stylenoun

A long, slender, bristle-like process.

the anal styles of insects

Trendverb

To be the subject of a trend; to be currently popular, relevant or interesting.

What topics have been trending on social networks this week?

Stylenoun

The pin, or gnomon, of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.

Trendverb

To cleanse or clean (something, usually wool).

Stylenoun

(computing) A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as bold or italic.

applying styles to text in a wordprocessorCascading Style Sheets

Trendnoun

a general direction in which something tends to move;

the shoreward tendency of the currentthe trend of the stock market

Styleverb

(transitive) To create or give a style, fashion or image to.

Trendnoun

general line of orientation;

the river takes a southern coursethe northeastern trend of the coast

Styleverb

(transitive) To call or give a name or title to.

Trendnoun

a general tendency to change (as of opinion);

not openly liberal but that is the trend of the booka broad movement of the electorate to the right

Stylenoun

a particular kind (as to appearance);

this style of shoe is in demand

Trendnoun

the popular taste at a given time;

leather is the latest voguehe followed current trendsthe 1920s had a style of their own

Stylenoun

how something is done or how it happens;

her dignified mannerhis rapid manner of talkingtheir nomadic mode of existencein the characteristic New York stylea lonely way of lifein an abrasive fashion

Trendverb

turn sharply; change direction abruptly;

The car cut to the left at the intersectionThe motorbike veered to the right

Stylenoun

a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period;

all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper

Stylenoun

distinctive and stylish elegance;

he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer

Stylenoun

the popular taste at a given time;

leather is the latest voguehe followed current trendsthe 1920s had a style of their own

Stylenoun

(botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma

Stylenoun

editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display

Stylenoun

a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving;

he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus

Stylenoun

a slender bristlelike or tubular process;

a cartilaginous style

Styleverb

designate by an identifying term;

They styled their nation `The Confederate States'

Styleverb

make consistent with a certain fashion or style;

Style my hairstyle the dress

Styleverb

make consistent with certain rules of style;

style a manuscript