Difference between Bon Vivant and Epicurean

BON VIVANT vs EPICUREAN: NOUN

A person with refined taste, especially one who enjoys superb food and drink.
A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
A person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink; a man about town

One who is devoted to pleasure
A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)
A follower or Epicurus.
A devotee to sensuous and luxurious living; an epicure.
A follower of Epicurus.
[cap. or lowercase] A votary of pleasure, or one who pursues the pleasures of sense as the chief good; one who is fond of good living; a person of luxurious tastes, especially in eating and drinking; a gourmet; an epicure.
A follower of Epicurus, the great sensualistic philosopher of antiquity (341-270 b. c.), who founded a school at Athens about 307 b. c.
One given to epicurean indulgence.

Furnishing gratification of the senses
Of Epicurus or epicureanism
Devoted to pleasure
Devoted to the pursuit of sensual pleasure, especially to the enjoyment of good food and comfort.
Suited to the tastes of an epicure.
Of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism.
Pertaining to Epicurus, or following his philosophy.
Given to luxury; adapted to luxurious tastes; luxurious; pertaining to good eating.
See Atomic philosophy, under Atomic.
Displaying luxury and furnishing gratification to the senses
Pursuing pleasure, especially in reference to food or comfort
Devoted to luxurious living

Of, pertaining to, or founded by Epicurus, the Greek philosopher; relating to the doctrines of Epicurus.
[cap. or lowercase] Devoted to the pursuit of pleasure as the chief good.
[lowercase] Given to luxury or indulgence in sensual pleasures; of luxurious tastes or habits, especially in eating and drinking; fond of good living.
[lowercase] Contributing to the pleasures of the table; fit for an epicure.

Sybarite, Carouser, Dilettante, Francophile, Hedonist, Raffish, Urbane, Sensualist, Debonair, Esthete, Boulevardier, Gourmet, Epicurean, Gastronome, Epicure

Gustatory, Culinary, Foodie, Gastronomic, Voluptuous, Hedonic, Voluptuary, Bon vivant, Luxurious, Indulgent, Hedonistic, Sybaritic, Epicure, Gastronome, Gourmet

Sybarite, Carouser, Dilettante, Francophile, Hedonist, Raffish, Urbane, Sensualist, Debonair, Esthete, Boulevardier, Gourmet, Epicurean, Gastronome, Epicure

Gustatory, Culinary, Foodie, Gastronomic, Voluptuous, Hedonic, Voluptuary, Bon vivant, Luxurious, Indulgent, Hedonistic, Sybaritic, Epicure, Gastronome, Gourmet

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