Tenuious vs Tenuous - What's the difference?
tenuious | tenuous |
(obsolete) rare or subtle; tenuous
* Sir Thomas Browne
Thin in substance or consistency.
insubstantial
* July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
As adjectives the difference between tenuious and tenuous
is that tenuious is rare or subtle; tenuous while tenuous is thin in substance or consistency.tenuious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- (Glanvill)
- A tenuious emanation or continued effluvium, which after some distance retracteth into itself; as is observable in drops of syrups, oil, and seminal viscosities
tenuous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The aether was thought to be of tenuous strands.
- His argument was not convincing in the debate, considering how tenuous it was.
- Picking up eight years after The Dark Knight left off, the film finds Gotham enjoying a tenuous peace based on Harvey Dent’s moral ideals rather than the ugly truth of his demise.