• n.
    ⦿a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
    lexical concept
  • don't argue about shades of meaning
  • without understanding the finer nuances you can't enjoy the humor

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechnoun
ontolex:lexicalized senseenl:nuance
wn:interlingual indexili:i71176
wn:eq synonymdn:nuance§1a

Other

dc:Subjectnoun.communication
skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:label
  • nicetynuancerefinementshadesubtlety
  • nuance