dainty vs exquisite

dainty

adj
  • Elegant; delicately small and pretty. 

  • Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating. 

noun
  • A delicacy (in taste). 

  • A fancy cookie, pastry, or square, frequently homemade, served at a social event. 

exquisite

adj
  • Of special beauty or rare excellence. 

  • Especially fine or pleasing; exceptional. 

  • Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse. 

  • Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious. 

  • Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense. 

noun
  • Fop, dandy. 

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