finesse vs style

finesse

noun
  • The property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill. 

  • An adroit manoeuvre. 

  • In bridge, whist, etc.: a technique which allows one to win a trick, usually by playing a card when it is thought that a card that can beat it is held by another player whose turn is over. 

  • Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation. 

verb
  • To play (a card) as a finesse. 

  • To obtain something from someone through trickery or manipulation. 

  • To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or stratagem. 

  • To attempt to win a trick by finessing. 

  • To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way. 

style

noun
  • A particular manner of acting or behaving; (specifically) one regarded as fashionable or skilful; flair, grace. 

  • The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. 

  • A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art. 

  • A legal or traditional term or formula of words used to address or refer to a person, especially a monarch or a person holding a post or having a title. 

  • A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus. 

  • The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower. 

  • A particular way in which one grooms, adorns, dresses, or carries oneself; (specifically) a way thought to be attractive or fashionable. 

  • A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as boldface or italics. 

  • A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen. 

  • A kind of surgical instrument with a blunt point, used for exploration. 

  • A small, thin, pointed body part. 

  • A long, slender, bristle-like process near the anal region. 

  • A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good. 

  • A set of rules regarding the presentation of text (spelling, typography, the citation of references, etc.) and illustrations that is applied by a publisher to the works it produces. 

verb
  • To create for, or give to, someone a style, fashion, or image, particularly one which is regarded as attractive, tasteful, or trendy. 

  • To act in a way which seeks to show that one possesses style. 

  • To call or give a name or title to. 

  • To design, fashion, make, or arrange in a certain way or form (style) 

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