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Deftness vs Finesse - What's the difference?

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Deftness is a related term of finesse.


As nouns the difference between deftness and finesse

is that deftness is the characteristic of being deft while finesse is finesse.

deftness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The characteristic of being deft.
  • finesse

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The property of having grace, elegance, skill, or balance.
  • (uncountable) Skill in handling of a situation.
  • (countable) An adroit maneuver.
  • (countable, bridge) A technique which allows one to promote tricks based on a favorable position of one or more cards in the hands of the opponent.
  • Verb

    (finess)
  • (ambitransitive, card games) To play (a card) as a finesse (see noun sense above).
  • To handle or manage carefully or skillfully.
  • To evade.