What's the difference between chic and chica?

Chic


Definition:

  • (n.) Good form; style.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Schyman comes across like a fusion of Germaine Greer and Ken Livingstone, dressed in Parisian chic with a maroon dress and a colourful scarf.
  • (2) "The rise of trainers and slip-ons, the Birkenstock … Certain designers are shifting our perception of chic," she says.
  • (3) At the Forum Rodgers and Chic will be part of a lineup that includes DJs past and present, from Studio 54 legend Nicky Siano to Chicago house star Derrick Carter.
  • (4) Held on the nineteenth floor of Broadgate Tower in the city, complete with panoramic views and a stunning sunset, this show delivered a wardrobe of polished separates, slick tailoring and chic dresses.
  • (5) La Perla apparently thought its chic customers – who drop hundreds of dollars on high-status underthings – would relate to, or admire, such a vision.
  • (6) Squeaky-clean Leona Lewis has covered Trent Reznor's hara-kiri-themed treatise Hurt, Beyoncé pre-empted Ke$ha on last year's Rather Die Young, and the Lynchian pretend-we're-dead poise of Lana "Born To Die" Del Rey couldn't be more cadaver chic if she started shaking with rigor mortis, maggots spilling from her eyeballs.
  • (7) This anarchic spirit was often misunderstood by readers, many of whom mistook her Catholic chic, her militantly anti-humanist fictional aesthetic and her formal elegance for the rightwing misanthropy of an Evelyn Waugh.
  • (8) The restaurant has an industrial chic feel, and a great atmosphere any day of the week.
  • (9) The hit single "Around the World" displayed a then-unfashionable love of disco which attracted the attention of Chic guitarist Nile Rodgers.
  • (10) Surroundings are chic but comfortable, children are welcome, staff are friendly, burgers are from traceable Scottish beef and start at £5.75, chips are thick and homemade, and they play old soul and r'n'b.
  • (11) It’s operated by a young, talented photographer called Bheki Dube and his influence is everywhere – the hostel decor is fantastic – think industrial-chic warehouse apartment with lots of quirky touches.
  • (12) Tobey Maguire fans – and there are many vocal and vehement ones – will insist that no one can replace the king of geek chic in the Spider suit, but they may come to accept that if anyone can, it's Garfield.
  • (13) Abo Rabieh is part of a renaissance of the Syrian art scene in recent years, with a steady stream of works appearing in chic galleries in Paris, London and Dubai.
  • (14) But while graffiti artists have benefited from the radical chic factor, the beau monde never hired street vendors to give them some rebellious cool.
  • (15) Clodia Metelli The epitome of the chic, sexy, scandalous aristocrat of 1st century BC Rome, Metelli was supposedly the "Lesbia" to whom the love-lorn poems of Catullus are addressed (and if so, a total ball-breaker).
  • (16) Six chic doubles, all but one with room for an extra bed, are tacked onto an old farmstead.
  • (17) It is not hard to imagine her, possibly wearing her stilettos, at the wheel of a heavy vehicle: chic but tough, she's a woman who bridges the divide between cosmopolitan and traditional Africa.
  • (18) The film could be said to mark the moment when the favela – previously a byword for criminality, sickness and moral depravity – started to become “chic”.
  • (19) So think twice before booking that flight (unless you're going for its other assets – its chilled-out beach towns , chic resorts , and unspoilt interior .
  • (20) A woman who sports Chanel dreams of being a chic Parisian demoiselle.

Chica


Definition:

  • (n.) A red coloring matter. extracted from the Bignonia Chica, used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin.
  • (n.) A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a decoction of maize.
  • (n.) A popular Moorish, Spanish, and South American dance, said to be the original of the fandango, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Doubles from €70 B&B Hotel Cala Chica, Las Negras, Cabo de Gata natural park Cala Chica The Cabo de Gata is going upmarket at Las Negras, an enclave of visitor facilities on a long sweep of dark volcanic sand backed by stark mountains.
  • (2) In Sierra Chicas, close to the Andes in the heart of Cordoba, you'll stay in a beautiful room warmed by a wood-burning stove and decorated with antiques while spending your days hacking out into 15,000 acres of estate.
  • (3) • Doubles from €57, breakfast not included, torreluz.com Cala Chica, Las Negras Everything in this cool and classy haven, from breakfasts and bathrooms to the front door, is so much more stylish than you’d expect for the price.
  • (4) The finding of seropositive children under the age of 10 years in the Costa Chica, Acapulco and the Tierra Caliente regions, with family clustering of putative cases, indicates that recent transmission must be considered.
  • (5) In March 1992 surveys were sent to CHICA-Canada members practicing in LTC facilities.
  • (6) Recognizing the unique and varied needs of infection control practitioners (ICPs) in long term care (LTC) facilities across Canada, CHICA-Canada established a task group to explore this area of practice and to determine the needs that could be met by CHICA-Canada.
  • (7) We report two cases of patients from Costa Chica of Guerrero state, Mexico, with cardiologic problems compatible with Chagas disease.
  • (8) The 26-room Cala Chica – baby sister to the spa-hotel Cala Grande that looms behind – has smart Spanish-contemporary style, a large pool, mountain and sea views and airy rooms, some with heated Jacuzzis on the terrace.
  • (9) The Boca Chica area of Cameron County was selected as a study site to investigate vertebrate involvement in the natural cycle of epidemic VEE on the basis of considerable evidence of VEE virus activity there in equines, humans, and mosquito vectors.
  • (10) Sierra Chicas, Argentina A stay at an estancia – a traditional Argentinean ranch – isn't just a holiday.

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