WordCmp.com

Gothic vs English-Gothic architecture

English-Gothic architecture vs Gothic

Gothic and English-Gothic architecture both are nouns.

Gothic is an adjective but English-Gothic architecture is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Gothic Yes Yes No No
English-Gothic architecture Yes No No No
As nouns, English-Gothic architecture is a hyponym of Gothic; that is, English-Gothic architecture is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than Gothic:
  • Gothic: a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches
  • English-Gothic architecture: a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
Other hyponyms of Gothic include English-Gothic, perpendicular, perpendicular style.
Gothic (noun) English-Gothic architecture (noun)
a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas
a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries
Gothic (adjective) English-Gothic architecture (adjective)
of or relating to the Goths
of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths
characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German
Difference between Gothic and English-Gothic architecture

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.