Difference between Subtle and Elusive

SUBTLE vs ELUSIVE: ADJECTIVE

Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing distinctions; nicely discriminating; -- said of persons; ; refined; tenuous; sinuous; insinuating; hence, penetrative or pervasive; -- said of the mind; its faculties, or its operations; ; also, difficult of apprehension; elusive.
Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; -- applied to persons.
Crafty or sly; devious.
Characterized by skill or ingenuity; clever.
Operating in a hidden, usually injurious way; insidious.
Difficult to understand; abstruse.
So slight as to be difficult to detect or describe; elusive.
Working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
Be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind
Able to make fine distinctions
Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous.
Faint and difficult to analyze
Difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
Tenuous; rarefied; of low density or thin consistency.
Insidious
Cunning, skillful.
Cleverly contrived.
Hard to grasp; not obvious or easily understood; barely noticeable.
Smooth and deceptive.

Making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe
Difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze
Rarely seen
Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance
Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.
Difficult to define or describe.
Tending to elude capture, perception, comprehension, or memory.
Skillful at eluding capture
Difficult to describe
Be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind

Ingenious; skilful; clever; handy: as, a subtle operator. Also subtile.
Made carefully level; smooth; even.
Characterized by acuteness and penetration of mind; sagacious; discerning; discriminating; shrewd; quick-witted: as, a subtle understanding; subtle penetration or insight. Also subtile.
Cunningly devised; artfully contrived or handled; ingenious; clever: as, a subtle stratagem. Also subtile.
Sly; insinuating; artful; cunning; crafty; deceitful; treacherous: as, a subtle adversary; a subtle scheme. Also subtile.
Same as subtile, 2.
Same as subtile, 1.

Sophisticated, Slight, Unobtrusive, Stealthy, Discreet, Clever, Sly, Nuanced, Elusive, Harmful, Impalpable, Pernicious, Perceptive, Delicate, Insidious

Tricky, Impossible, Mystery, Unfulfilled, Fleeting, Illusory, Unreachable, Unobtainable, Unattainable, Illusive, Subtle, Unidentifiable, Impalpable, Artful, Evasive

Sophisticated, Slight, Unobtrusive, Stealthy, Discreet, Clever, Sly, Nuanced, Elusive, Harmful, Impalpable, Pernicious, Perceptive, Delicate, Insidious

Tricky, Impossible, Mystery, Unfulfilled, Fleeting, Illusory, Unreachable, Unobtainable, Unattainable, Illusive, Subtle, Unidentifiable, Impalpable, Artful, Evasive

Point to Subtle Emphasis in the Styles list.
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But most articles were essentially subtle or not so subtle advertisements for paid services offered by the authors.
We are all subject to subtle and not so subtle forms of social influence that contaminate our testimonies.
Since being taken over by Scotiabank, there has been subtle and not so subtle changes.
Subtle changes may not seem so subtle to the people living there.
Your melee cycle might look like this: Surprise Strike, Cunning Attack, Subtle Stab, Subtle Stab, Surprise Strike, Subtle Stab, Subtle Stab, Surprise Strike.

The truth, as always, is elusive and unpalatable.
One of the most elusive outcomes is that.
How dihydropyrimidine metabolites affect cellular phenotypes remains elusive.
Pushing out the elusive Clorox wipe, I guess.
Peace remained elusive for the Kingdom of Italy.
Bonefish are among the most elusive of creatures.
Capture the Elusive unbilled receivables to know this.
CDS remains elusive in most of the US.
Troubles period, an agreed approach has remained elusive.
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