fine line

noun

: a very small difference

There's a fine line between being helpful and being intrusive.

There's sometimes only a very fine line between genius and madness.

Examples of fine line in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Sometimes there is a fine line between being a hero or a bum, but Dave has been able to negotiate that line, because players trust him, and the players know that Dave cares about them and their families. — Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026

The fine line between madness and genius was perfectly encapsulated when Maradona scored an otherworldly solo goal just four minutes later. — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 3 June 2026

And in a division that sent five teams to the postseason, all separated by just 10 points, that fine line between making the playoffs and getting home-ice advantage is getting finer. — Eduardo A. Encina, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2026

These makers are much more reticent about the risks of blurring the once fine line between browsing sites and asking a large language model a question or instructing it to take potentially sensitive actions. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 30 June 2026

Rhymes for fine line

• alkaline
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• anticline
• arginine
• asinine
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• borderline
• byzantine
• calamine
• caroline
• centerline