nuance

(nū'äns', nyū'-, nū-äns', nyū-)
n.

1. A subtle or slight degree of difference, as in meaning, feeling, or tone; a gradation.
2. Expression or appreciation of subtle shades of meaning, feeling, or tone: a rich artistic performance, full of nuance.

[French, from Old French, from nuer, to shade, cloud, from nue, cloud, from Vulgar Latin *nūba, from Latin nūbēs.]

nuanced nu'anced adj.

SYNONYMS   nuance, gradation, shade. These nouns denote a slight variation or differentiation between nearly identical entities: sensitive to delicate nuances of style; gradations of feeling from infatuation to deep affection; subtle shades of meaning.

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noun

A slight variation between nearly identical entities: gradation, shade. See big/small/amount.

n

Definition: slight difference; shading
Antonyms: old

(nooh-ahns)

A fine shade of meaning: “I liked the film, but I know I missed some of its nuances.”

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - nuance
v. tr. - nuancere

Nederlands (Dutch)
kleurschakering, nuance (ren)

Français (French)
n. - nuance
v. tr. - nuancer

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nuance, Nuancierung
v. - nuancieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λεπτή απόχρωση, λεπτή διαφορά, τόνος

Italiano (Italian)
sfumatura

Português (Portuguese)
n. - nuança (f)

Русский (Russian)
нюанс, оттенок

Español (Spanish)
n. - matiz
v. tr. - matizar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - nyans, nyansering

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
细微差别, 精确细腻地表达或表演, 细致入微地描述

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 細微差別
v. tr. - 精確細膩地表達或表演, 細致入微地描述

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 뉘앙스(빛깔의 엷고 짙은 정도, 음영)
v. tr. - ~에 뉘앙스를 주다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ニュアンス, 微妙な陰翳

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) فارق, دقيق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גוונון, בן-גוון, גונית, שוני קל, ניואנס‬
v. tr. - ‮ציין שינויים קלים‬

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