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Nuanced vs Multifaceted - What's the difference?

nuanced | multifaceted |

As adjectives the difference between nuanced and multifaceted

is that nuanced is having nuances; possessed of multiple layers of detail, pattern, or meaning while multifaceted is having multiple facets.

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.

    multifaceted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having multiple facets.
    • The diamond had a multifaceted cut.
  • Having many aspects; nuanced or diverse.
    • Joanne was a multifaceted individual; she knew how to bargain both with Wall Street brokers and push-cart vendors.