delicacy vs life

life vs delicacy

delicacy and life both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
delicacy	Yes	No	No	No
life	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, life is a hypernym of delicacy; that is, life is a word with a broader meaning than delicacy:

delicacy: lightness in movement or manner
life: animation and energy in action or expression

Other hypernyms of delicacy include liveliness, spirit, sprightliness.

delicacy (noun)	life (noun)
the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance	living things collectively
subtly skillful handling of a situation	animation and energy in action or expression
lack of physical strength	the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
slenderness	an account of the series of events making up a person's life
lightness in movement or manner	a motive for living
refined taste; tact	a living person
something considered choice to eat	the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
	the condition of living or the state of being alive
	a characteristic state or mode of living
	the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
	the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
	the period between birth and the present time
	the period from the present until death
	a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives

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