Subtlety vs Perception - What's the difference?
subtlety | perception |
(uncountable) The quality or fact of being subtle.
(countable) An instance of being subtle, a subtle thing, especially a subtle argument or distinction.
(countable) An ornate medieval illusion dish or table decoration, especially when made from one thing but crafted to look like another.
Organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information.
Conscious understanding of something.
Vision (ability )
Acuity
(cognition ) That which is detected by the five senses; not necessarily understood (imagine looking through fog, trying to understand if you see a small dog or a cat); also that which is detected within consciousness as a thought, intuition, deduction, etc.
As nouns the difference between subtlety and perception
is that subtlety is the quality or fact of being subtle while perception is organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information.subtlety
English
(wikipedia subtlety)Noun
- With all his usual subtlety , he quietly fixed the problem before anyone else noticed it.
- The subtleties of this overture are often overlooked.
- At the king's coronation feast, several subtleties were served between main courses.