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Exquisite vs Bespoke - What's the difference?

exquisite | bespoke |

As adjectives the difference between exquisite and bespoke

is that exquisite is especially fine or pleasing; exceptional while bespoke is individually or custom made.

As a noun exquisite

is (rare) fop, dandy.

As a verb bespoke is

(archaic) (bespeak).

exquisite

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Especially fine or pleasing; exceptional.
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  • *:Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
  • (lb) Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact.
  • ; far-fetched; abstruse.
  • Of special beauty or rare excellence.
  • Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.
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  • Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.
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  • *(Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)
  • *:his books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite

    • Synonyms

    * beautiful, delicate, discriminating

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (rare) Fop, dandy.
  • * 1925 , , Random House, London:2007, p. 42.
    • So striking was his appearance that two exquisites , emerging from the Savoy Hotel and pausing on the pavement to wait for a vacant taxi, eyed him with pained disapproval as he approached, and then, starting, stared in amazement.
  • *:: 'Good Lord!' said the first exquisite .

    • bespoke

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (archaic) (bespeak)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Individually or custom made.
  • :* {{quote-web, date=2012-08-01
    • , year= , first= , last= , author=Ed Yong , authorlink= , title=Replacement Parts , site=The Scientist citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2012-08-12 , passage=… others are attempting the more ambitious feat of engineering bespoke human organs from scratch. }}
  • :* {{quote-web, date=2001-10
    • , year= , first= , last= , author=Robin Osborne , authorlink= , title=Why Did Athenian Pots Appeal to the Etruscans? , site=JSTOR citation , archiveorg= , accessdate=2013-04-25 , passage=Were Athenian pots bespoke , bearing images requested by Etruscans? }}
  • Relating to someone who makes custom-made products, especially clothing items.

    • Usage notes

    Primarily used for tailoring, now also used more generally, as fancier term for (m), notably for software, as in a “bespoke solution”.

    Synonyms

    * See also: * custom * custom made * purpose built * specially designed * tailored

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