Definitions for nuance
ˈnu ɑns, ˈnyu-, nuˈɑns, nyu-nu·ance

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 4 votes

1. 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"

GCIDERate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Nuancenoun

   A small difference in meaning, significance, or expression.

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. nuancenoun

   A minor distinction.

2. nuancenoun

   Subtlety or fine detail.

   Understanding the basics is easy; appreciating the nuances takes years.

3. Etymology: From nuance meaning "nuance", "shade" or "hue".

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Nuancenoun

   a shade of difference; a delicate gradation

2. Etymology: [F.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. 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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How to pronounce nuance?

1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of nuance in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of nuance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of nuance in a Sentence

1. Joanna Schroeder:

   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.

2. Adam Valdez:

   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.

3. Han Tan:

   Global investors have had their emotions toyed with amidst the ever-shifting sands of the U.S.-China trade conflict, market nerves have been left raw, with the delicate sentiment prompting knee-jerk reactions to every nuance pertaining to the highly unpredictable U.S.-China trade impasse.

4. Dean Acheson:

   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.

5. Gail Saltz:

   You want to wait until a child has the developmental capacity to understand nuance and gray zone. The problem is that when the material is so out there, they are hearing about it anyway.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=nuance
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=nuance
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Nuance
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nuance
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=nuance