Manners vs Gentility - What's the difference?

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Manners is a related term of gentility.


As nouns the difference between manners and gentility

is that manners is while gentility is (uncountable) the state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.

manners

English

Noun

(head)
  • Etiquette (always plural in this sense).

    • Derived terms

    * good manners * bad manners * well-mannered * ill-mannered * table manners English pluralia tantum English plurals

    gentility

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being elegant, genteel, having good breeding, or being socially superior.
  • The upper classes, the gentry.