Civility vs Elegance - What's the difference?
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Politeness]]; courtesy; an individual act or a manner of [[behave, behaving which conforms to social conventions of propriety.
* Chesterfield
(obsolete) The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; civilization.
* Sir J. Davies
(obsolete) A civil office, or a civil process.
* Latimer
Grace, refinement, and beauty in movement, appearance, or manners
Restraint and grace of style
The beauty of an idea characterized by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision
(countable) A refinement or luxury
* {{quote-book, year=1852, author=Various, title=Young Americans Abroad, chapter=, edition=
, passage=As to the comforts and elegances of life, we have enough of them for our good. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1881, author=Isaac D'Israeli, title=Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1, chapter=, edition=
, passage=At Rome, when Sallust was the fashionable writer, short sentences, uncommon words, and an obscure brevity, were affected as so many elegances . }}
* {{quote-book, year=1909, author=E. Phillips Oppenheim, title=The Governors, chapter=10, edition=
, passage=Phineas Duge
Civility is a related term of elegance.
As nouns the difference between civility and elegance
is that civility is politeness]]; courtesy; an individual act or a manner of [[behave|behaving which conforms to social conventions of propriety while elegance is elegance.civility
English
(wikipedia civility)Noun
- The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be.
- Monarchies have risen from barbarism to civility , and fallen again to ruin.
- To serve in a civility .
elegance
English
(wikipedia elegance)Noun
(en-noun)- The bride was elegance personified.
- The simple dress had a quiet elegance .
- The proof of the theorem had a pleasing elegance .
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