different between fashionista vs modeling

English

Etymology

From fashion +? -ista. Compare earlier Sandinista, Peronista, Guardianista.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fa.???n?.st?/, (General American) /?fæ.??ni.st?/
• Rhymes: -?st?

Noun

fashionista (plural fashionistas)

1. A person who creates or promotes high fashion, i.e. a fashion designer or fashion editor.
   • 2008, "High Style: Are you a Porter person?" Toronto Star, 17 Jul., p. L1,

     Toronto fashionista Suzanne Boyd, editor-in-chief of the soon-to-be-launched Zoomer magazine, recently moved back to Canada after living in Manhattan for the past four years.

2. A person who dresses according to the trends of fashion, or one who closely follows those trends.

Derived terms

• recessionista

Translations

See also

• frugalista

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989 (rev. Sept., 2002).
• "Mirror, Mirror: How Stylish People Don't Describe Themselves" by Penelope Green. "New York Times", Section 9, Page 1, Column 1, Style Desk, July 4, 1999.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa?jo?nista/, [fa.?jo?nis.t?a]

Noun

fashionista m or f (plural fashionistas)

1. fashionista

English

Alternative forms

• modelling (Commonwealth)

Etymology

From model +? -ing.

Verb

modeling (American spelling)

1. present participle of model

Noun

modeling (countable and uncountable, plural modelings) (American spelling)

1. The art of sculpting models from clay etc. to create a representation of something.
2. The representation of depth in a two-dimensional image.
3. The profession of someone who models clothes.
4. (mathematics) The construction and use of a computer model of a physical system.
5. The learning of a new skill by copying other people.

Translations

Anagrams

• gold mine, goldmine