Elegance vs Authentic - What's the difference?
elegance | authentic |
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
Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
(music, of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
(obsolete) authoritative
As a noun elegance
is elegance.As an adjective authentic is
of the same origin as claimed; genuine.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 .
citation
citation
citation
authentic
English
Alternative forms
* authentical, authentick, authenticke, authentique (all archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- The experts confirmed it was an authentic signature.
- The report was completely authentic .
- an authentic''' writer; an '''authentic''' portrait; '''authentic information
- (Milton)