graceful vs refined what difference
what is difference between graceful and refined
English
Alternative forms
- gracefull (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English graceful; equivalent to grace + -ful.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹeɪsfʊl/
Adjective
graceful (comparative more graceful, superlative most graceful)
- Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.
- Magnanimous, lacking arrogance or complaint; gracious.
- (computing) Gradual and non-disruptive.
Antonyms
- graceless
- clumsy
Derived terms
- graceful degradation
- gracefulness
Related terms
- grace
See also
- gracious
Translations
Middle English
Etymology
From grace + -ful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡraːsful/
Adjective
graceful
- (rare, Late Middle English) Giving grace; grace-inducing.
- (rare, Late Middle English) nice, kindly
Descendants
- English: graceful
- Scots: gracefu
References
- “grāceful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-14.
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹiːfaɪnd/
Verb
refined
- simple past tense and past participle of refine
- The raw petroleum was refined into kerosene.
Adjective
refined (comparative more refined, superlative most refined)
- Precise, freed from imprecision, particularly:
- (of people, obsolete) Sagacious, sometimes (derogatory) oversubtle or feigning sagacity.
- (of thought) Subtle, scrupulous, carefully thought out.
- The argument, while not persuasive, is quite refined.
- (of processes) Developed, improved.
- The curriculum has been carefully refined to meet the needs of foreign students.
- Cultured, freed from vulgarity, particularly:
- (of language) Elevated and polished.
- In the British Isles, Oxbridge is considered refined; Geordie somewhat less so.
- (of people) Elegant, sometimes (derogatory) affected, prissy, or bloodless.
- Don Draper was a man of refined tastes.
- 1946, Elizabeth Metzger Howard, Before the Sun Goes Down, p. 31:
- “Jesus Christ! Was my folks refined. My mam she wouldn’t think-a lettin’ us young’uns call a pee pot a pee pot. A chamber’s what she called it… And by God! Us young’uns had ter call the pee pot a chamber or git our God damn necks wrang.”
- (of language) Elevated and polished.
- Purified, reduced in or freed from impurities, particularly:
- (of products) Highly-processed and pure.
- Under current guidelines, refined sugar must be at least five times purer than its raw counterpart.
- (of metal) Free of dross or alloy.
- The Temple at Jerusalem preferred Tyrian shekels, since even with Ba’al’s portrait they bore highly refined silver.
- (of people, obsolete) Morally pure.
- (of products) Highly-processed and pure.
- (of a market) Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum.
Translations
Noun
refined (plural refineds)
- (finance) The refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form.
- We’re still purchasing copper ore, but the market for refined is weaker.
Anagrams
- definer, e-friend, enfired, fendier
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