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Nuanced vs Differentiated - What's the difference?

nuanced | differentiated |

As adjectives the difference between nuanced and differentiated

is that nuanced is having nuances; possessed of multiple layers of detail, pattern, or meaning while differentiated is (biology|of a cell or tissue) that has taken on a specialized form and function.

As a verb differentiated is

(differentiate).

nuanced

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having nuances; possessed of multiple layers of detail, pattern, or meaning
  • The setting sunlight played through the gently waving branches, creating subtly nuanced transitions of color and tone as the shadows swept back and forth in the rosy glow.
  • * 1989 , R. Kent Hughes, Preaching the Word: 1-9:1 :
  • I would like to have heard his intonation delicately nuanced so as to carry the greatest punch. I would like to have seen the changes of expression that played across his face as he spoke.''
  • * 1998 , Meredith Parsons Lillich, The Queen of Sicily and Gothic Stained Glass in Mussy and Tonnerre :
  • ...the pattern normally straightens into an almost pure latticework of identical quarries and the foliage painting becomes much more nuanced and delicate.

    differentiated

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (differentiate)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (biology, of a cell or tissue) That has taken on a specialized form and function
  • Antonyms

    * undifferentiated