Pleasing vs Calm - What's the difference?
pleasing | calm |
pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
* (Isaac Barrow)
(of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
(of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
(of water) with little waves on the surface.
Without wind or storm.
(in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
(in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
A period of time without wind.
* Bible, Mark iv. 39
To make calm.
* Dryden
To become calm.
As adjectives the difference between pleasing and calm
is that pleasing is agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification while calm is (of a person) peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.As nouns the difference between pleasing and calm
is that pleasing is pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing" while calm is (in a person) the state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.As verbs the difference between pleasing and calm
is that pleasing is while calm is to make calm.pleasing
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*Noun
- What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross
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*calm
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* (free from anger and anxiety) stressed, nervous, anxious * (free of noise and disturbance) disturbed * (without wind or storm) windy, stormyDerived terms
* calm as a millpond * ice-calmNoun
(en noun)- The wind ceased, and there was a great calm .
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* ice-calmVerb
(en verb)- to calm a crying baby
- to calm the passions
- to calm the tempest raised by Aeolus