different between plush vs magnificent

English

Etymology

From French peluche (“fluff, plush”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl??/
• Rhymes: -??

Adjective

plush (comparative plusher, superlative plushest)

1. (Britain) Very extravagant.
2. (Britain) Very expensive, or appearing expensive; opulent, luxurious.

   They lived in a plush apartment complex.

3. (of a man-made object) Having a soft, fluffy exterior.

   This plush toy is so cute and soft - I want it!

Translations

Noun

plush (countable and uncountable, plural plushes)

1. A textile fabric with a nap or shag on one side, longer and softer than the nap of velvet.
   • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

     That night the Boy slept in a different bedroom, and he had a new bunny to sleep with him. It was a splendid bunny, all white plush with real glass eyes, but the Boy was too excited to care very much about it.

2. A plush toy.
   • 2002, Billboard (volume 114, number 9, 2 March 2002, page 70)

     When Play Along — the holder of the Care Bears master toy license — placed Care Bears plushes in Spencer Gifts last year, tweens and teenage girls bought the toys.

   • 2008, Lionel Birglen, Thierry Laliberté, Clément M. Gosselin, Underactuated Robotic Hands (page 94)

     For a small fee, the player can control a crane equipped with a gripper to pick a gift, usually a plush or a small toy, and has to drop it in a place where he/she can grab it.

   • 2011, Bob Sehlinger, Menasha Ridge, Len Testa, The Unofficial Guide Walt Disney World 2012 (page 759)

     […] L.A. Prop Cinema Storage, full of kids' clothing (mostly for girls), PJs, and lots of toys and plushes (there's also a substantial infant area).

Translations

Derived terms

• plushen
• plushie
• plushly
• plushness
• plushophile
• plushophilia
• plushy

Anagrams

• Puhls, sulph-

English

Etymology

From Middle French magnificent, from Latin magnificentior, comparative of magnificus (“great in deeds or sentiment, noble, splendid, etc.”), from magnus (“great”) + -ficens, a form of -ficiens, the regular form, in compounds, of faciens, a participle of facere (“to do”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæ??n?f?s?nt/
• Hyphenation: mag?nif?i?cent

Adjective

magnificent (comparative more magnificent, superlative most magnificent)

1. Grand, elegant or splendid in appearance.
2. Grand or noble in action.
3. Exceptional for its kind.

Derived terms

• magnificently
• magnificent frigatebird

Related terms

• magnificence
• beneficent
• maleficent
• munificent

Translations

Further reading

• magnificent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• magnificent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• magnificent at OneLook Dictionary Search

Latin

Verb

magnificent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of magnific?