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Tenuous vs Silken - What's the difference?

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Tenuous is a related term of silken.


As adjectives the difference between tenuous and silken

is that tenuous is thin in substance or consistency while silken is made of silk.

As a verb silken is

to render silken or silklike.

tenuous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Thin in substance or consistency.
    • The aether was thought to be of tenuous strands.
  • insubstantial
    • His argument was not convincing in the debate, considering how tenuous it was.
  • * July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
    • 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.

    silken

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Made of silk.
    • a silken veil
  • Having a smooth, soft, or light texture, like that of silk; suggestive of silk.
  • * 1994 , , ch. 2:
    • He heard the silken rustle of a dressing-gown being drawn on.
  • Smoothly uttered; flowing, subtle, or convincing in presentation.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Silken terms precise.
  • (obsolete) Dressed in silk.
  • * Shakespeare
    • A silken wanton.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To render silken or silklike.
    • (Dyer)

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    * English adjectives ending in -en