different between revealing vs indelicate

English

Etymology

From Middle English reveling; equivalent to reveal +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???vi?l??/
• Rhymes: -i?l??
• Hyphenation: re?veal?ing

Adjective

revealing (comparative more revealing, superlative most revealing)

1. Informative.

   a revealing analysis

2. Of clothing: allowing more than is usual to be seen.

   Her shirt is rather revealing.

Translations

Verb

revealing

1. present participle of reveal

Noun

revealing (plural revealings)

1. Something revealed; a revelation.
   • 1836, William Tait, Mrs. Christian Isobel Johnstone, Tait's Edinburgh Magazine (volume 3, page 113)

     In these letters, and the remembered conversations, we have fuller revealings of the inner man, greater depth of discovery into that vast and labyrinthine mind […]

Anagrams

• Graveline, laveering

English

Etymology

in- +? delicate

Adjective

indelicate (comparative more indelicate, superlative most indelicate)

1. Improper or immodest.
2. Coarse or tasteless.
3. Tactless or undiplomatic.

Translations

Italian

Adjective

indelicate

1. feminine plural of indelicato

Anagrams

• decliniate