Tenuous vs Gossamer - What's the difference?
tenuous | gossamer | Related terms |
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/]
A fine film or strand as of cobwebs, floating in the air or caught on bushes etc.
A soft, sheer fabric.
Anything delicate, light and flimsy.
Tenuous, light, filmy or delicate.
* (Thomas Bailey Aldrich) (1836-1907)
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Tenuous is a related term of gossamer.
As adjectives the difference between tenuous and gossamer
is that tenuous is thin in substance or consistency while gossamer is tenuous, light, filmy or delicate.As a noun gossamer is
a fine film or strand as of cobwebs, floating in the air or caught on bushes etc.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.
gossamer
English
Noun
Derived terms
* gossamery (adjective)Adjective
(en adjective)- The heaven was spangled with tremulous stars, and at the horizon the clouds hung down in gossamer folds—God's robe trailing in the sea!
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