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Hly2004 Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

"graceful" and "elegant"

I always get confused by the meanings of the two words,who can tell me their differences?

Thank you in advance~!
  

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a plain word for you is a riddle for me :-(
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To put it very simply (as there is a certain amount of overlap in meaning) - elegant refers to how someone appears, and graceful refers to how someone moves. A person might wear elegant clothes and move in a graceful manner.
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Thank you so much!
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As you said "A person might wear elegant clothes and move in a graceful manner. "

That is :

elegant -----clothes

graceful-----manner

Is it correct to say a graceful lady or an elegant lady?

Thank you in advance!
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graceful:very natural

elegant:by working on it
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Grace is in great measure a natural gift.

Elegance is something of an artificial character.

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