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Discreetly vs Subtly - What's the difference?

discreetly | subtly |

As adverbs the difference between discreetly and subtly

is that discreetly is acting in a discreet manner; one that respects privacy or secrecy; quietly; diplomatically while subtly is with subtleness, in a subtle manner with cleverness rather than brute force.

discreetly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • Acting in a discreet manner; one that respects privacy or secrecy; quietly; diplomatically.
  • Inconspicuously.

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    * English manner adverbs English act-related adverbs

    subtly

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • With subtleness, in a subtle manner. With cleverness rather than brute force.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-10, volume=408, issue=8848, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= A new prescription , passage=As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against synthetic drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one.}}

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