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Elegant vs Sobering - What's the difference?

elegant | sobering |

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

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elegant

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
  • Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
  • an elegant solution

    Synonyms

    * classy * graceful

    Derived terms

    * elegance

    sobering

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Causing more sober thought or concern.
  • It was a sobering thought that I had almost killed myself. That was something I wouldn't soon do on purpose again.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=October 29 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=For Chelsea coach Andre Villas-Boas, this was his most sobering moment in the Premier League and he looked stunned on the sidelines at the regularity with which Chelsea's defence was exposed.}}

    Verb

    (head)