What is the difference between Genteel and Gentle?
What is the difference between Genteel and Gentle? :
Genteel :
( 1 ) Polite or refined in an affected or exaggerated way
She is too genteel for words.
Do you behave in a genteel way?
Gentle :
( 1 ) Mild, kind, careful, not rough, not violent, not severe
I laud her gentle manner.
He is a doctor who is gentle with his hands.
( 2 ) (Of weather, temperature) mild, temperate
A gentle breeze is blowing.