Genteel vs Pious - What's the difference?
genteel | pious |
Affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite.
Polite and well-mannered.
Stylish or elegant.
Aristocratic
Of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, godfearing.
* 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
As adjectives the difference between genteel and pious
is that genteel is affectedly proper or refined; somewhat prudish refinement; excessively polite while pious is of or pertaining to piety, exhibiting piety, devout, godfearing.genteel
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(en adjective)Derived terms
* genteelismpious
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(-)- Its male residents dress like crows: heavy black suits, black Borsalino hats, the old grandfathers hugely whiskered and the boys in peot, the curled sidelocks of the pious .