Aplomb vs Awkwardness - What's the difference?
aplomb | awkwardness |
self-confidence; poise; composure.
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* 2000 , Elizabeth Berg, Range of Motion
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, year=2011
, date=Septembe 24
, author=Ben Dirs
, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67-3 Romania
, work=BBC Sport
(ballet) The apparent elegance and precision exhibited by a confident, accomplished dancer.
The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
The quality of an embarrassing situation.
As nouns the difference between aplomb and awkwardness
is that aplomb is self-confidence; poise; composure while awkwardness is the state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.aplomb
English
(wikipedia aplomb)Noun
(head)- His nonchalance and aplomb during hard times have always been his best character trait.
- They have a seven-year-old son named Timothy, never called Timmy or Tim; a little scrawny guy who wears thick glasses already, and who tucks his striped T-shirts into his pants with the aplomb of a silver-templed CEO.
citation, page= , passage=Fly-half Jonny Wilkinson put his below-par performance against Argentina behind him with a fine first-half showing, slotting four kicks from six and controlling his back-line with aplomb , while England's three-quarters were brimming with life and clinical with their execution.}}
