dainty vs delicate

dainty is a noun but delicate is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dainty	Yes	Yes	No	No
delicate	No	Yes	No	No

dainty (noun)	delicate (noun)
something considered choice to eat

dainty (adjective)	delicate (adjective)
delicately beautiful	exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury
excessively fastidious and easily disgusted	easily broken or damaged or destroyed
especially pleasing to the taste	difficult to handle; requiring great tact
	developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
	of an instrument or device; capable of registering minute differences or changes precisely
	marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique
	easily hurt