Sophisticated vs. Modern — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Sophisticated and Modern
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Definitions
Sophisticated
Having or showing much worldly knowledge or cultural refinement
A sophisticated businesswoman who is unlikely to be outmaneuvered.
A sophisticated appraisal of the movie.
Modern
Of or relating to recent times or the present
Modern history.
Sophisticated
Very complex or complicated
The latest and most sophisticated technology.
Modern
Characteristic or expressive of recent times or the present; contemporary or up-to-date
A modern lifestyle.
A modern way of thinking.
Sophisticated
Suitable for or appealing to the tastes of sophisticates
A sophisticated drama.
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Modern
Of or relating to a recently developed or advanced style, technique, or technology
Modern art.
Modern medicine.
Sophisticated
Of a person: having obtained worldly experience, and lacking naiveté; cosmopolitan, worldly-wise.
Modern
Avant-garde; experimental.
Sophisticated
Of art or other things: appealing to the tastes of an intellectual or sophisticated (sense 1) person; cerebral; also, cultured, elegant, refined.
Modern
Often Modern(Linguistics) Of, relating to, or being a living language or group of languages
Modern Italian.
Modern Romance languages.
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Sophisticated
Complicated, especially of complex technology.
Modern
One who lives in modern times.
Sophisticated
(obsolete)
Modern
One who has modern ideas, standards, or beliefs.
Sophisticated
Mixed with a foreign or inferior substance; not genuine or pure; adulterated, impure.
Modern
(Printing) Any of a variety of typefaces characterized by strongly contrasted heavy and thin parts.
Sophisticated
Of a thing: having its meaning changed in a deceptive or misleading way.
Modern
Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
Our online interactive game is a modern approach to teaching about gum disease.
Although it was built in the 1600s, the building still has a very modern look.
Sophisticated
Simple past tense and past participle of sophisticate
Modern
(history) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.
Sophisticated
Having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir faire;
Sophisticated young socialites
A sophisticated audience
A sophisticated lifestyle
A sophisticated book
Modern
Someone who lives in modern times.
Sophisticated
Ahead in development; complex or intricate;
Advanced technology
A sophisticated electronic control system
Modern
Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice.
Sophisticated
Marked by wide-ranging knowledge and appreciation of many parts of the world arising from urban life and wide travel;
The sophisticated manners of a true cosmopolite
Urbane and pliant...he was at ease even in the drawing rooms of Paris
Modern
New and common; trite; commonplace.
We have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless.
Sophisticated
Intellectually appealing;
A sophisticated drama
Modern
A person of modern times; - opposed to ancient.
Modern
A contemporary person
Modern
A typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
Modern
Belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages;
Modern art
Modern furniture
Modern history
Totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric
Modern
Relating to a recently developed fashion or style;
Their offices are in a modern skyscraper
Tables in modernistic designs
Modern
Characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
Modern
Ahead of the times;
The advanced teaching methods
Had advanced views on the subject
A forward-looking corporation
Is British industry innovative enough?
Modern
Used of a living language; being the current stage in its development;
Modern English
New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew