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Boylike vs Joylike - What's the difference?

boylike | joylike |

As adjectives the difference between boylike and joylike

is that boylike is resembling a boy while joylike is similar to or resembling joy.

boylike

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Resembling a boy.

    • joylike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Similar to or resembling joy.
  • *1854 , Daniel Cronin, Poems - Page 9 :
    • There heav'n's glimpse, with lightning's scorch alarms, His heart portending beats with blighting storms; If revels e'er produce a joylike dream, 'Tis like the foam upon th' impetuous stream,Seen but to vanish in the grasping river, The memory saved,—the rest is lost for ever!