Nuanced vs Sophisticated - What's the difference?
nuanced | sophisticated |
Having nuances; possessed of multiple layers of detail, pattern, or meaning
* 1989 , R. Kent Hughes,
* 1998 , Meredith Parsons Lillich,
Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking ; cosmopolitan.
Elegant, refined.
Complicated, especially of complex technology.
Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.
(obsolete, UK) Dishonest or misleading.
(sophisticate)
As adjectives the difference between nuanced and sophisticated
is that nuanced is having nuances; possessed of multiple layers of detail, pattern, or meaning while sophisticated is having obtained worldly experience, and lacking ; cosmopolitan.As a verb sophisticated is
(sophisticate).nuanced
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.
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.''
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.