✅ Dashing describes someone who is elegant and gallant in the way they behave (a dashing hero in a classic novel).

✅ Debonair describes someone who behaves in a courteous and sophisticated way (a debonair secret agent).

✅ Dashing and debonair both describe people, generally men, who behave politely and attentively.

✅ Both words, however, can also describe someone who is energetic and lively.

✅ Innovation refers to the process of introducing new methods and ideas (Her ideas led to significant innovation in space travel).

✅ Modernization refers to the process of bringing something up-to-date (The city’s transport network required modernization).

✅ Innovation and modernization refer to similar ideas. Both words refer to processes that bring in new ideas and developments.

✅ Innovation suggests staying on the cutting edge, whereas modernization suggests keeping up with everyone else.

✅ Blunt describes being direct, and not making an attempt to be polite or tactful (Excuse my blunt email).

✅ Frank describes being straightforward, direct, and not holding back (Her criticism was frank but kind).

✅ Both these words describe not holding back an opinion in order to be polite.

✅ While that can sound mean, neither blunt nor frank necessarily suggest being mean. Instead, they suggest being direct, clear, and straightforward.