delicate vs exquisite

Highly discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite. 

Unwell, especially because of having drunk too much alcohol. 

Pleasing to the senses; refined; adapted to please an elegant or cultivated taste. 

Easily damaged or requiring careful handling. 

circa 1660, John Evelyn (author), William Bray (editor), The Diary of John Evelyn, volume I of II (1901), entry for the 19th of August in 1641, page 29 

Light, or softly tinted; said of a colour. 

Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious. 

Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; said of manners, conduct, or feelings. 

Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes. 

Of weak health; easily sick; unable to endure hardship. 

Characterized by a fine structure or thin lines. 

Intended for use with fragile items. 

Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful. 

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

Especially fine or pleasing; exceptional. 

Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse. 

Of special beauty or rare excellence. 

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