What does nuance mean?
Definitions for nuance
ˈnu ɑns, ˈnyu-, nuˈɑns, nyu-nu·ance
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word nuance.
Princeton's WordNet
nuance, nicety, shade, subtlety, refinementnoun
a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
"without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor"; "don't argue about shades of meaning"
GCIDE
Nuancenoun
A small difference in meaning, significance, or expression.
Wiktionary
nuancenoun
A minor distinction.
nuancenoun
Subtlety or fine detail.
Understanding the basics is easy; appreciating the nuances takes years.
Etymology: From nuance meaning "nuance", "shade" or "hue".
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nuance
A nuance is a subtle difference in meaning, expression, sound, or color. It often refers to a very slight variation in something such as an opinion, feeling, or tone. Nuances can be important in many areas, such as understanding a language, interpreting a literary work, or analyzing a piece of music. In a broader context, it refers to the fine distinctions that make something unique or distinguishable from others.
Webster Dictionary
Nuancenoun
a shade of difference; a delicate gradation
Etymology: [F.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Nuance
nū-ans′, n. a delicate degree or shade of difference perceived by any of the senses, or by the intellect. [Fr.,—L. nubes, a cloud.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of nuance in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of nuance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of nuance in a Sentence
The blues is so expressive - nostalgic but not sentimental, mournful but not pathetic, so humble and close to the earth. It's a nuance-filled thing.
We do a lot of painstaking research into how real animals move, how their muscles and skin behave ... and then in the computer, we recreate all these things, an artist, like an animator, has to sit down and actually hand animate that eye, hand animate that face so that every little subtle nuance is represented.
The task of a public officer seeking to explain and gain support for a major policy is not that of the writer of a doctoral thesis, qualification must give way to simplicity of statement, nicety and nuance to bluntness, almost brutality, in carrying home a point.
First boys are inundated by memes with subtly racist, sexist, and homophobic, anti-Semitic jokes and being kids, they don't see the nuance and they repeat and share, then they are shunned in school or socially.
In its rush to claim the high ground in our roiling national conversation about harassment, the Democratic Party has implemented a zero-tolerance standard, for me, that means a vindictive, terminated employee’s false allegations are enough for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) to decide not to support our promising campaign. We are in a national moment where rough justice stands in place of careful analysis, nuance and due process.
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- فارق بسيطArabic
- NuanceGerman
- matizSpanish
- نکات دقیق وظریفPersian
- vivahde, nyanssiFinnish
- nuancer, subtilité, nuanceFrench
- अति सूक्ष्म अंतरHindi
- nuansaIndonesian
- sottigliezza, sfumaturaItalian
- ニュアンスJapanese
- nuance, subtiliteitDutch
- plage, nyanseNorwegian
- niuans, subtelnośćPolish
- nuancePortuguese
- nuanță, nuanțeRomanian
- тонкость, оттенок, нюансRussian
- osjetljivostSerbo-Croatian
- nyansSwedish
- நுட்பத்தையும்Tamil
- స్వల్పభేదాన్నిTelugu
- nüansTurkish
- sắc tháiVietnamese
- 细微之处Chinese
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