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They're not synonyms.
i.e. I'm happy to drink soave, but dubonnet is for girls.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Serious question...the answer is, of course, "Yes" because a "No" would be an exercise in absolutism, putting upon me the onus of proving impossibility.
OK...Enough with the mealy-mouthing that happens on political fora.
With all due consideration given to my brethren and cistern (ooops) forum-mates who did the etymological thing, here's my take from the idiomatic.
I can see if someone is debonair. It's a matter of dress and carriage.
OTOH, it isn't until I interact with someone that I know if they are suave.
Just my thoughts
cat fud heer
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BiggerDon wrote: I can see if someone is debonair. It's a matter of dress and carriage.
So James Bond is debonair, but not suave? (I mean come on! Shaken?!)
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Au contraire!
One can be both, and James Bond is the classic example of that.
I've known people who are debonair and not suave. They dress well, carry themselves with confidence and aplomb, but when they open their yaps they're immediately irritating someone. There's a seven letter word that starts with "a" and looks like an asterisk that describes them.
Then there are the people who are suave without being debonair. They really don't care about what other people think of them but are great at getting other people to like them. "Charming and disarming" comes to mind. They can also be those asterisk-types but you don't hate them for it.
cat fud heer
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suave: (especially of a man) charming, confident, and elegant.
debonair: (of a man) confident, stylish, and charming
So, in-a-word: no
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Actually, based on those definitions, if you were charming, confident, and elegant but NOT stylish, you would be suave (only); and if you were confident, stylish, and charming but NOT elegant, you would be debonair only. It's an exercise left to the reader how you can be stylish but not elegant, or elegant but not stylish.
My take on it: Daniel Boone was stylish but not elegant (he was debonair, perhaps), whereas Abraham Lincoln was elegant but not stylish (he was suave, I reckon).
So who is/was suave AND debonair (both stylish AND elegant)? Edgar Allan Poe, Bret Harte (the writer, not the pugilist), et al.
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What? Did Apple replace Swift already....? Or is this the new name for Angular? Am I on CodeProject?? 
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Cary Grant was suave and debonair; ie a good guy.
James Mason was merely suave; ie a bad guy.
You really should pay attention when watching North By NorthWest.
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Suave comes from spanish: suave = soft, and by extensión, delicate or "good behavior"
Ella es suave = She is delicate
On the other hand, debonair comes from french. De bon air = from good air. By extensión from good family.
In english the two words have derived into a similar meanings but the origins were very different. So, you can use them separately or at the same time and the meaning is different in each case.
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Stupid questions like this can be readily resolved by consulting a dictionary.
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Really, I can't think of a less appropriate venue to ask this question. What do code monkeys know about "suave" or "debonair"?
"Buddha! Zeus! God! One of you guys, DO something!"
--Professor Farnsworth
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Good point; I must have been in your cups when I asked it.
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I think everyone is ignoring the preface of the question. I've never in my life heard the two combined into one sentence. Always seperate. So using the two together to me would would be equivalent to making fun of someone for thinking he is suave or debonair. 
modified 5-Nov-14 15:43pm.
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Got a new job that's completely back in the VS world and I've already been on here a few times. So thought I'd post to the lounge!
See what's new. ![Beer | [beer]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif)
I still see some familiar handles. 
http://www.twitter.com/otherjimmie
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Oh come on! Leave my handles out of this - I haven't put on that much weight!
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Big ears? 
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
There's a fine line between crazy and free spirited and it's usually a prescription.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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Griff leave your love handles between you and herself.
That or W&W!
Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.
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This is exactly the mental image I needed while drinking tea.
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Your monitor needed cleaning before that!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Your monitor needed cleaning before that!
Please don't take off your tinfoil hat; I can see dead sheep!
Cheers!
"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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Ah!
The Seventh Sense!
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I've been heavily in the Linux world now... but still manage to lurk here from time to time.
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Albert Holguin wrote: I've been heavily in the Linux world now
Do us a favor. Make it usable. 
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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