Nice vs. Gneiss — What's the Difference?

Nice ( NEESS, French: [nis]; Nissard Occitan: Niça, classical norm, or Nissa, nonstandard, pronounced [ˈnisa]; Italian: Nizza [ˈnittsa]; Ancient Greek: Νίκαια; Latin: Nicaea) is the seventh most populous urban area in France and the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department. The metropolitan area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly 1 million on an area of 744 km2 (287 sq mi).

Gneiss ( nyse) is a common and widely distributed type of metamorphic rock. Gneiss is formed by high-temperature and high-pressure metamorphic processes acting on formations composed of igneous or sedimentary rocks.

Giving pleasure or satisfaction; pleasant or attractive

A banded or foliated metamorphic rock, usually of the same composition as granite.

(especially of a difference) slight or subtle

(geology) A common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock having bands or veins, but not schistose.

Fastidious; scrupulous.

A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged in planes, so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica, and it is then called hornblendic gneiss or syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss.

A resort city on the French Riviera, near the border with Italy; population 348,721 (2007).

A laminated metamorphic rock similar to granite

Pleasing and agreeable in nature

Having a pleasant or attractive appearance

Exhibiting courtesy and politeness

Of good character and reputation; respectable.

Overdelicate or fastidious; fussy.

Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle

Done with delicacy and skill

Used as an intensive with and

Wanton; profligate

Affectedly modest; coy

Pleasant, satisfactory.

Of a person: friendly, attractive.

Respectable; virtuous.

Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite.

Showing refinement or delicacy, proper, seemly

(obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.

Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.

(dated) Having particular tastes; fussy, fastidious.

(obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.

Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.

(obsolete) Easily injured; delicate; dainty.

(obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.

(colloquial) Nicely.

Used to signify a job well done.

Used to signify approval.

Niceness.

To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.

Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.

Of trifling moment; unimportant; trivial.

Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters.

Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.

Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment.

Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.

Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc.

Pleasant; kind; as, a nice person.

Well-mannered; well-behaved; as, nice children.

A city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera

Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance;

Socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;

Done with delicacy and skill;

Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted;

Noting distinctions with nicety;

Exhibiting courtesy and politeness;