Refined vs Elegant - What's the difference?
refined | elegant |
Showing or having good feelings or good taste.
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Not vulgar.
Without impurities.
(refine)
Characterised by or exhibiting elegance.
Characterised by minimalism and intuitiveness while preserving exactness and precision.
As adjectives the difference between refined and elegant
is that refined is showing or having good feelings or good taste while elegant is characterised by or exhibiting elegance.As a verb refined
is past tense of refine.refined
English
Adjective
(en adjective)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite.
Verb
(head)- The raw petroleum was refined into kerosene.
Anagrams
*elegant
English
(wikipedia elegant)Adjective
(en adjective)- an elegant solution