What's the difference between kitsch and ostentatious?

Kitsch


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But this time warp is a Seville one, and all the statues of (ecclesiastical) virgins, winged cherubs, shrines and other Catholic paraphernalia, plus portraits of the late Duchess of Alba, give it a unique spirit, as do the clientele – largely local, despite Garlochí’s international fame as the city’s most kitsch bar.
  • (2) The video was shot in three different locations across Moscow: a kitsch fort above the city’s Ismailovsky market; an abandoned and unheated Soviet-era palace of culture; and a disused jail.
  • (3) • 01323 411077, treasure-island.info ; children £5, adults £2.50, half price after 3pm Travis Elborough is author of Wish You Were Here: England on Sea Handpainted signs in Norfolk by Teena Vallerine, blogger on kitsch All along the Norfolk coast – from Hunstanton through Wells and Cromer, all the way around to Great Yarmouth – there are seaside towns that bring out the child in me.
  • (4) Coca-Cola, cactus and flight safety manual illustrations form the basis of the kitsch prints.
  • (5) Dozens of trams, lit up as trains, planes and cruise ships, rattle underneath miles of garish light bulbs, dozens of arcades playing every kitsch anthem there has ever been, from Agadoo to the Nolans, while families in daft hats eat candy in the shape of giant penises.
  • (6) But the film soon plummets into well-meaning kitsch, not least because of Béjo's excruciatingly gauche performance.
  • (7) The experience of kitsch can be identified when the spectator feels coerced by exaggerated, unconvincing theatrical devices, and fails to experience genuine empathy with the characters in a play.
  • (8) • blackpoolpier.co.uk Wayne Hemingway runs Hemingway Design and the Vintage at Goodwood festival ( vintageatgoodwood.com , 13-15 August) Treasure Island park, Eastbourne, Sussex by Travis Elborough, author As a nation whose empire was forged by the dubious activities of maritime privateers, it is not so surprising the British continue to find the pirate an object of romantic if kitsch fascination, commemorated in pub names, restaurants, fairground rides and theme parks in seaside towns around the country.
  • (9) Photograph: Alamy Film buffs should love the kitsch Hollywood stylings of this hotel, which is awash with gilded statues, columns, marble and chandeliers.
  • (10) The state-run Beijing News said the Modern College of North-west University, located in Xi’an, had strung up banners around the campus reading “Strive to be outstanding sons and daughters of China , oppose kitsch western holidays” and “Resist the expansion of western culture”.
  • (11) Turn to other online shops Ebay celebrated 15 years of activity in the UK in 2014, when it sold 3bn items – not all of them kitsch memorabilia.
  • (12) Later, I returned, every school holiday, from the dark satanic mills of Blackburn to the seaside kitsch that adorned my nan's bungalow, a stone's throw from the promenade, funfairs and piers.
  • (13) For south-west ambience without the kitsch, seek out the Hermosa Inn and its Last Drop cocktail bar for drinks with a Sonoran desert twist.
  • (14) But then you’re rudely awaken out of your kitsch reverie by remembering quite what will be left, and at what cost it all came.
  • (15) A university in north-western China has banned Christmas , calling it a “kitsch” foreign celebration unbefitting of the country’s own traditions and making its students watch propaganda films instead, state media said on Thursday.
  • (16) Rogers's architecture has its absurdities, but will be remembered when Terry's name appears only in footnotes appearing in books about kitsch.
  • (17) Kitsch beachcomber paintings adorn the walls; bartenders in Hawaiian shirts serve cocktails in conch shells.
  • (18) A Guardian colleague has already expressed the hope , probably vainly, that the art work will not be “a dire chunk of conservative kitsch”, but something abstract, contemporary.
  • (19) Atmosphere is everything at the Dark Horse, where the decor approaches kitsch, then veers smoothly into oddball creativity.
  • (20) • visitblackpool.com Vintage events , Margate, Kent Margate is a riot of kitsch and somewhat saucy seaside shenanigans.

Ostentatious


Definition:

  • (a.) Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Daryush 'Roosh V' Valizadeh cancels neo-masculinist meetings over safety Read more Roosh and company encountered such uniform hostility because their views are ostentatiously vile.
  • (2) He was ostentatious in assembling a multi-faith support cast and pointed in his insistence on unity.
  • (3) The popular image of yakuza families as ostentatiously wealthy and loyal to the core bears little resemblance to Tendo's early experiences of poverty and betrayal.
  • (4) But BrewDog’s astonishing growth may raise the uncomfortable possibility that in an age of media-savvy and brand-sceptical digital natives, ostentatious displays of “authenticity” – known to some as acting like pretentious hipster douchebags – may have become a necessary condition for success.
  • (5) Eighteen months ago the group sprayed designs inspired by the British graffiti artist Banksy on walls of ostentatious new houses believed to have been built with the profits of the £3bn a year Afghan drug trade.
  • (6) Trump approves of working with autocrats, at least, and would probably make fast friends with the galaxy’s less reputable leaders – especially those who share his interests, eg crimelord Jabba the Hutt, who lives in an ostentatious palace , loves parties , demeans women and feeds a literal Rancor .
  • (7) Farage told LBC’s Nick Ferrari: “I think that given that some people feel very embarrassed by [breastfeeding], it isn’t too difficult to breastfeed a baby in a way that’s not openly ostentatious.” If the hotel asked a nursing mother to cover up, he said: “Frankly, that’s up to Claridge’s.
  • (8) The paper alleges: "It was well-known that corruption among politicians in the Turks and Caicos Islands was endemic and it was inherently unlikely that Mr Misick could have achieved such apparent wealth and pursued such an ostentatious lifestyle while being premier, without having being corrupt.
  • (9) The current South African president, Jacob Zuma , has also made ostentatious shows of reverence to "Madiba".
  • (10) The aide said Lebedev was unhappy about the ostentatious nature of the raid, and the use of masked men carrying serious guns.
  • (11) Forster sometimes thought that King's was a bit too ostentatious, and that its buildings had a tendency to say "look at me."
  • (12) It is comfortable without being ostentatious and with no concession to "designer living".
  • (13) The exhibition was put under a boycott by some German industrialists and the German pharmacists from Bohemia ostentatiously rejected any participation.
  • (14) At first glance, there is nothing overtly ostentatious about this quiet road, where the average property was last year valued at around £41m, more than 165 times the value of the average UK home (£248,863).
  • (15) An ostentatious leather-bound album with Kniga Dlya Dam embossed in gold on the cover opens to reveal a Chinese silk drawing of an entwined couple.
  • (16) "Ostentatiously earnest but low on talent, horrible to watch, and pretty horrible to listen to as well."
  • (17) Tom Neenan and Nish Kumar's investigation into the fate of the written word may appear highbrow on the surface, what with its ostentatious musings on literature and aesthetics, but that's just a cover for an hour of engaging silliness, packed with inventive devices and satisfyingly funny gags.
  • (18) Overbearing, ostentatious, and incongruous, don't you think?"
  • (19) The club's website says it caters to the "nouveau riche" and invites guests to "slip on your diamante dancing shoes or designer suit and dance the night away at the most ostentatious venue in Joburg".
  • (20) Mikheil Saakashvili: 'Ukraine's government has no vision for reform' Read more Konstantin Kosachyov, head of the foreign affairs committee in the upper house of parliament, called Rasmussen’s appointment a “ostentatious show” with no “military or even practical purpose”.