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Intricacy vs Nuance - What's the difference?

intricacy | nuance |

As a noun intricacy

is the state or quality of being intricate or entangled;.

As a verb nuance is

.

As an adjective nuance is

nuanced.

intricacy

English

Noun

(intricacies)
  • The state or quality of being intricate or entangled;
  • Perplexity; involution; complication; complexity;
  • That which is intricate or involved; as, the intricacy of a knot; the intricacy of accounts; the intricacy of a cause in controversy; the intricacy of a plot.

    • References

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    nuance

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A minor distinction.
  • Subtlety or fine detail.
    • Understanding the basics is easy; appreciating the nuances takes years.
  • * 1901: Alpheus Spring Packard, Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution
    • ...the richer our collections become, the more numerous are the proofs that all is more or less shaded (nuance ), that the remarkable differences become obliterated...

    Derived terms

    * nuanced