I think both are dressy but in different ways.
Cocktail dress is dressy but could be sexy, flirtatious, sassy.
Formal dress is dressy but elegant, formal, could still be **** but in a more conservative way.

I a cocktail dress isn’t as dressy as a prom dress. Macys prom dresses don’t really look like prom material to me. Whats the occasion?
But I would wear these dresses =&pbo=6001766&P=1=&pbo=6001766&P=1
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they are formal but flirty.
solid white and red huh?

Red:

White:

hope this helped!

cocktail is less formal than a prom dress…prom dresses are normally long and cocktail dresses are typically short and are to be worn to a fancy dinner

They are def not sun dresses

Check these dresses out…anything similar is going to be a cocktail dress

cocktail dresses are usually short and flirty. formal dresses are like gowns and are usually long and have more embellishment to them.

Cocktail dress
Formal dress

Cocktail dress is shorter, confortable and less elegant, formal dress is long and elegant

I think theyre more more ’sundressy’, i know cocktail dresses arent in the ‘prom dress’ category though, im thinking more of a semi-formal sundress