Elegant vs Sobering - What's the difference?
elegant | sobering |
Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
Causing more sober thought or concern.
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As adjectives the difference between elegant and sobering
is that elegant is elegant while sobering is causing more sober thought or concern.As a verb sobering is
.elegant
English
(wikipedia elegant)Adjective
(en adjective)- an elegant solution
Synonyms
* classy * gracefulDerived terms
* elegancesobering
English
Adjective
(head)- It was a sobering thought that I had almost killed myself. That was something I wouldn't soon do on purpose again.
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