Subtle vs Designing - What's the difference?
subtle | designing | Related terms |
Hard to grasp; not obvious or easily understood; barely noticeable.
(of a thing) Cleverly contrived.
(of a person or animal) Cunning, skillful.
insidious
* 1623 , , act iv, scene 4,
Tenuous; rarefied; of low density or thin consistency.
A process of design.
* 1829 , Richard Carlile, The Lion
As adjectives the difference between subtle and designing
is that subtle is hard to grasp; not obvious or easily understood; barely noticeable while designing is artful; scheming.As a verb designing is
present participle of lang=en.As a noun designing is
a process of design.subtle
English
Alternative forms
* subtil (obsolete) * subtile (obsolete)Adjective
(er)- The difference is subtle , but you can hear it if you listen carefully.
- Thy age confirmed, proud, subtle , bloody, treacherous.
Synonyms
* crafty, cunning, skillful * (insidious) insidiousAntonyms
* (hard to grasp) simpleDerived terms
* subtle body * subtleness * subtlety * subtlyReferences
* * *Anagrams
* * * *designing
English
(design)Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Are these, the reality of things, a part of the great designings or are they not? If so, it would have been better, that there had been no such designings; if not, how is the theory of omnipotent design borne out?