[responsivevoice] nuance [/responsivevoice] [ noo-ahns ]
The word of the day is ‘nuance.’
The word is a noun, i.e., it is the main subject of a sentence.
No, the word is a noun. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Slight difference
2. Shading
3. A subtle difference in or shade of meaning,
4. Overtone
1. Hindi – Ati sookshm antar
2. Spanish – Matiz
3. French – Nuancer
4. Mandarin – Xìwéi chābié
1. There was a nuance of profound bewilderment in her exclamation.
2. They do not understand me; the big noisy boors do not understand rhythm or nuance.
3. He was the master of the nuance, and the nuance was his lyricism, his special gift, his genius.
4. Of course, I don’t expect you, just at first, to feel the difference, to see the nuance.
5. He is a nuance, and is the first German to understand women!
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
distinction, gradation, hint, implication, nicety, refinement, subtlety, dash, degree, shade, shadow, suggestion, suspicion, tinge, touch, trace, soupçon, fine distinction, subtle distinction/difference, variation, modulation, subtlety, overtone etc
Some antonyms of the word are:
brightness, information, light, lot, unimportance, directness, fact, accord, similarity
Quotation:
The greatest compliment that anyone can pay me is that after I say something, they remember it. I’ll go over a piece of copy until I’ve gotten the essence of what the writer had in mind – every nuance.
Casey Kasem
Social Example:
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