Delicate
Delicate adjective - Lacking bodily strength.
Usage example: a delicate child who was never allowed to play sports
Faint is a synonym for delicate in quality topic. In some cases you can use "Faint" instead an adjective "Delicate", when it comes to topics like dainty, calm, subtle.
Nearby Words: delicacy, delicately
Faint
Faint adjective - Lacking bodily strength.
Usage example: I was starting to feel a little faint after going so long without food
Delicate is a synonym for faint in quality topic. You can use "Delicate" instead an adjective "Faint", if it concerns topics such as calm, weak, dim, having little effect on senses.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Spikes everywhere, a huge, crownlike helmet that looks like a horse's skull, and the whole thing has a faint and delicate poison ivy motif etched into it.
Source: Evil Is Cool -
Women Are Delicate: Of those attending the blood eagle, all of the women except Lagertha, the shieldmaiden, either turn away or faint.
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The Southern part of the United States at this time is a world filled with romantic, tall-columned plantation houses where delicate Southern Belles sashay in large skirts and Corset Faint at every available opportunity.
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