Delicious vs. Exquisite — What's the Difference?

Either of two varieties of apple, the Golden Delicious or the Red Delicious.

Characterized by highly skilled or intricate art; excellently made or formed

Highly pleasing or agreeable to the senses, especially of taste or smell.

Extremely or delightfully beautiful

Very pleasant; delightful

Excellent or outstanding, especially by exhibiting or appealing to refined taste

Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.

Extremely subtle or precise

Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

Intense; keen

(slang) Having tremendous sex appeal.

(Obsolete) Ingeniously devised or thought out.

Affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste; charming.

One who is excessively fastidious in dress, manners, or taste.

Addicted to pleasure; seeking enjoyment; luxurious; effeminate.

Especially fine or pleasing; exceptional.

Variety of sweet eating apples

(obsolete) Carefully adjusted; precise; accurate; exact.

Greatly pleasing or entertaining;

Recherché; far-fetched; abstruse.

Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

Of special beauty or rare excellence.

Exceeding; extreme; keen, in a bad or a good sense.

Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; fastidious.

(rare) Fop, dandy.

Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship.

Exceeding; extreme; keen; - used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure.

Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment.

One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy.

Intense or sharp;

Lavishly elegant and refined

Of delicate composition and artistry;

Of extreme beauty;