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Blessedness vs Joy - What's the difference?

blessedness | joy | Related terms |


As nouns the difference between blessedness and joy

is that blessedness is the state or condition of being blessed, holy while joy is a feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.

As a verb joy is

to feel joy, to rejoice.

As a proper noun Joy is

{{given name|female|from=English}}.

Joy vs Exaltation - What's the difference?

joy | exaltation | Related terms |


As nouns the difference between joy and exaltation

is that joy is a feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good while exaltation is the act of exalting or raising high; also, the state of being exalted; elevation.

As a verb joy

is to feel joy, to rejoice.

As a proper noun Joy

is {{given name|female|from=English}}.

Joy vs Choice - What's the difference?

joy | choice | Related terms |

Joy is a related term of choice.


As a proper noun joy

is .

As a noun choice is

an option; a decision; an opportunity to choose or select something.

As an adjective choice is

especially good or preferred.

Home vs Joy - What's the difference?

home | joy |


As proper nouns the difference between home and joy

is that home is while joy is .

As a noun home

is (computing) a key that when pressed causes the cursor to go to the first character of the current line, or on the internet to the top of the web page.

Joy vs Favor - What's the difference?

joy | favor | Related terms |

Joy is a related term of favor.


As a proper noun joy

is .

As a noun favor is

a kind or helpful deed; an instance of voluntarily assisting (someone).

As a verb favor is

(transitive)  to look upon fondly; to prefer.

Joy vs Past - What's the difference?

joy | past |


As a proper noun joy

is .

As a verb past is

.

Joy vs Oak - What's the difference?

joy | oak |


As a proper noun joy

is .

As an adjective oak is

.

Joy vs Wit - What's the difference?

joy | wit |


As nouns the difference between joy and wit

is that joy is a feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good while wit is sanity.

As verbs the difference between joy and wit

is that joy is to feel joy, to rejoice while wit is know, be aware of construed with of when used intransitively.

As a proper noun Joy

is {{given name|female|from=English}}.

As a preposition wit is

{{en-SoE}} an alternative spelling of lang=en.

Joy vs Woe - What's the difference?

joy | woe |


As a proper noun joy

is .

As a noun woe is

grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity.

As an adjective woe is

(obsolete) woeful; sorrowful.

Jovial vs Joy - What's the difference?

jovial | joy |


As an adjective jovial

is (obsolete) pertaining to jove or zeus; jovian.

As a proper noun joy is

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