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Acerbic vs Nuanced - What's the difference?

acerbic | nuanced |

As adjectives the difference between acerbic and nuanced

is that acerbic is tasting sour or bitter while nuanced is having nuances; possessed of multiple layers of detail, pattern, or meaning.

acerbic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tasting sour or bitter.
  • * 1998 Aug. 5, Dr. Peter Gott, " Can inhaler cause addiction?," Catoosa County News (retrieved 19 Sep 2009):
    • Those consumers who object to the acerbic taste of garlic can purchase de-odorized garlic or allicin extract.
  • Sharp, harsh, biting.
  • * 1986 Sept. 22, " West Germany: Last Taunts From the Lip," Time (retrieved 25 Apr 2014):
    • Supercompetent, superconfident and supercritical, Schmidt is a gifted orator whose acerbic wit earned him the nickname "Schmidt the Lip."
  • * 2005 May 5, Jay Mathews, "Don't Fire This Professor," Washington Post , p. T6:
    • [H]e is one of the most acerbic people in his field, quick to take offense and not shy about telling people with whom he disagrees how much he thinks they have failed in thought and action.

    Synonyms

    * (sour or bitter) acerb, acrid * acrid, scathing

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    nuanced

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having nuances; possessed of multiple layers of detail, pattern, or meaning
    • The setting sunlight played through the gently waving branches, creating subtly nuanced transitions of color and tone as the shadows swept back and forth in the rosy glow.
  • * 1989 , R. Kent Hughes, Preaching the Word: 1-9:1 :
    • I would like to have heard his intonation delicately nuanced so as to carry the greatest punch. I would like to have seen the changes of expression that played across his face as he spoke.''
  • * 1998 , Meredith Parsons Lillich, The Queen of Sicily and Gothic Stained Glass in Mussy and Tonnerre :
    • ...the pattern normally straightens into an almost pure latticework of identical quarries and the foliage painting becomes much more nuanced and delicate.