Exquisite vs. Delicacy: What's the Difference?
Exquisite and Delicacy Definitions
Exquisite
Characterized by highly skilled or intricate art; excellently made or formed
An exquisite gold chalice.
Delicacy
The quality of being delicate.
Exquisite
Extremely or delightfully beautiful
The exquisite colors of a sunset.
Delicacy
Something pleasing and appealing, especially a choice food.
Exquisite
Excellent or outstanding, especially by exhibiting or appealing to refined taste
"A guy who knew all the jazz spots and had an exquisite collection of old 78s" (Shirley Abbott).
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Delicacy
Fineness of appearance, construction, or execution; elegance
Brushwork of great delicacy.
Exquisite
Extremely subtle or precise
An image rendered in exquisite detail.
Delicacy
Frailty of bodily constitution or health.
Exquisite
Intense; keen
Exquisite delight.
Suffered exquisite pain.
Delicacy
Sensitivity of perception, discrimination, or taste; refinement.
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Exquisite
(Obsolete) Ingeniously devised or thought out.
Delicacy
Sensitivity to the feelings of others; tact
Phrased the apology with delicacy.
Exquisite
One who is excessively fastidious in dress, manners, or taste.
Delicacy
Sensitivity to what is proper; propriety.
Exquisite
Especially fine or pleasing; exceptional.
They sell good coffee and pastries, but their chocolate is exquisite.
Sourav Ganguly scored an exquisite century in his debut Test match.
Delicacy
Undue sensitivity to or concern with what may be considered offensive or improper; squeamishness
Scenes that might offend a viewer's delicacy.
Exquisite
(obsolete) Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact.
Delicacy
The need for tact in treatment or handling
A topic of some delicacy.
Exquisite
Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse.
Delicacy
Sensitivity to very small changes; precision
The delicacy of a set of scales.
Exquisite
Of special beauty or rare excellence.
Delicacy
The quality of being delicate.
Exquisite
Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.
Exquisite pain or pleasure
Delicacy
Something appealing, usually a pleasing food, especially a choice dish of a certain culture suggesting rarity and refinement.
A Chinese delicacy
Exquisite
Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.
Exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment
Delicacy
Fineness or elegance of construction or appearance.
Exquisite
(rare) Fop, dandy.
Delicacy
Frailty of health or fitness.
Exquisite
Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship.
Plate of rare device, and jewelsOf reach and exquisite form.
I have no exquisite reason for 't, but I have reason good enough.
Delicacy
Refinement in taste or discrimination.
Exquisite
Exceeding; extreme; keen; - used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure.
Delicacy
Tact and propriety; the need for such tact.
Exquisite
Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment.
His books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite.
Delicacy
The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.
What choice to choose for delicacy best.
Exquisite
One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.
Delicacy
Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy of frame.
Exquisite
Intense or sharp;
Suffered exquisite pain
Felt exquisite pleasure
Delicacy
Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerated sense, effeminacy; as, great delicacy of behavior; delicacy in doing a kindness; delicacy of character that unfits for earnest action.
You know your mother's delicacy in this point.
Exquisite
Lavishly elegant and refined
Delicacy
Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence; luxurious or voluptuous treatment.
And to those dainty limbs which Nature lentFor gentle usage and soft delicacy?
Exquisite
Of delicate composition and artistry;
A dainty teacup
An exquisite cameo
Delicacy
Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness; fastidious accuracy.
That Augustan delicacy of taste which is the boast of the great public schools of England.
Exquisite
Of extreme beauty;
Her exquisite face
Delicacy
The state of being affected by slight causes; sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance.
Delicacy
That which is alluring, delicate, or refined; a luxury or pleasure; something pleasant to the senses, especially to the sense of taste; a dainty; as, delicacies of the table.
The merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
Delicacy
Pleasure; gratification; delight.
He Rome brent for his delicacie.
Delicacy
The quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance;
The daintiness of her touch
The fineness of her features
Delicacy
Something considered choice to eat
Delicacy
Refined taste; tact
Delicacy
Smallness of stature
Delicacy
Lack of physical strength
Delicacy
Subtly skillful handling of a situation
Delicacy
Lightness in movement or manner
