dilettante vs refined

dilettante

adj
  • Pertaining to or like a dilettante. 

noun
  • An amateur, someone who dabbles in a field out of casual interest rather than as a profession or serious interest. 

  • A person with a general but superficial interest in any art or a branch of knowledge. 

refined

adj
  • Developed, improved. 

  • Subtle, scrupulous, carefully thought out. 

  • Elegant, sometimes (derogatory) affected, prissy, or bloodless. 

  • Highly-processed and pure. 

  • Free of dross or alloy. 

  • Dealing in a refined product such as sugar or petroleum. 

  • Elevated and polished. 

noun
  • The refined form of a commodity, as opposed to its raw or generic form. 

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