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Finesse vs Sleight - What's the difference?

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Finesse is a related term of sleight.


As nouns the difference between finesse and sleight

is that finesse is finesse while sleight is cunning; craft; artful practice.

finesse

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The property of having grace, elegance, skill, or balance.
  • (uncountable) Skill in handling of a situation.
  • (countable) An adroit maneuver.
  • (countable, bridge) A technique which allows one to promote tricks based on a favorable position of one or more cards in the hands of the opponent.
  • Verb

    (finess)
  • (ambitransitive, card games) To play (a card) as a finesse (see noun sense above).
  • To handle or manage carefully or skillfully.
  • To evade.
  • sleight

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Cunning; craft; artful practice.
  • An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.
  • Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.
  • Derived terms

    * sleight of hand * sleighty English words not following the I before E except after C rule