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Debonair vs Suave - What's the difference?

debonair | suave |

As adjectives the difference between debonair and suave

is that debonair is gracious, courteous while suave is charming, confident and elegant.

As a noun suave is

sweet talk.

debonair

English

Alternative forms

* debonaire

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Gracious, courteous.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.vi:
    • Let be that Ladie debonaire , / Thou recreant knight, and soone thy selfe prepaire / To battell [...].
  • Suave, urbane and sophisticated.
  • (especially of men) Charming, confident and carefully dressed.

    • Anagrams

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    suave

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Charming, confident and elegant.

    • Related terms

    * suavely

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Sweet talk.

    • References

    * Paternoster, Lewis M. and Frager-Stone, Ruth. Three Dimensions of Vocabulary Growth. Second Edition. Amsco School Publications: USA. 1998.

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