Difference between Dainty and Twee

What is the difference between Dainty and Twee?

Dainty as an adjective is delicately small and pretty. while Twee as an adjective is overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.

Dainty

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Delicately small and pretty. Fastidious and fussy when eating.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A delicacy. Fancy cookies, pastries, or squares served at a social event (usually plural).

Example sentence: With a suit, always wear big British shoes, the ones with large welts. There's nothing worse than dainty little Italian jobs at the end of the leg line.

Twee

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Overly quaint, dainty, cute or nice.

We hope you now know whether to use Dainty or Twee in your sentence.

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