These words all refer to the prevailing acceptance or usage of thins that are subject to change in form or style, as dress, décor, manners, etc. Vogue and fashion are sometimes used synonymously but vogue is a more limited word than fashion in its stress on the amount of acceptance or usage of a way of dressing, decorating, etc. Vague can designate a person or thing that enjoys temporary public approval: the comedian who became a vogue after one lucky break on TV. It can refer to the approval itself: back in the twenties when short hair and short skirts were both in vogue . It can denote also the period of the vogue : during the recent vogue of rock-and-roll music. Fashion , more than vogue , is concerned with clothing, furniture, behaviour patterns, etc., in and of themselves.

• Women’s fashions of that era were unflattering and unfeminine: It has become the fashion for royalty to appear as democratic and "folksy" as the average politician.

In reference to attire, fashion sometimes retains its original meaning of shape, mould, style or make: I don’t like the fashion of that coat. It also suggests the high social standing of people who are influential in establishing customs, making a style of dress popular, etc.: to be seen at the right places with people of fashion . A fashion that has a short but very active life is a fad . It is the rapidity with which many people become interested and then lose interest in the fashion that distinguishes a fad from a vogue : The question in so many clothing manufacturers?minds is whether short skirts are to be a passing fad or a long-lived fashion . A rage is a fad which is attended by violent enthusiasm and, quite often, a lack of taste or judgement: a folk-rock quartet that was a rage one week and a forgotten name the next. Trend literally means the general course, direction or line of movement followed by a coastline, river, etc. by extension, the word refers to any general course, inclination or tendency: to evaluate the trends in modern education. More pertinent to this comparison is the meaning of a style or vogue : the trend towards bright colours and wild patterns in today’s men’s wear.