Delight vs Bedazzle - What's the difference?
delight | bedazzle |
Joy; pleasure.
* Bible, Proverbs xviii. 2
* Shakespeare
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* Milton:
* (Greensleeves):
To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
* Tennyson
(label) To have or take great pleasure
(label) To confuse or disarm by dazzling.
:He was bedazzled by her charm and wit.
To decorate with sequins or other sparkly material; to bespangle.
:She bedazzled her handbag.
As verbs the difference between delight and bedazzle
is that delight is to give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly while bedazzle is to confuse or disarm by dazzling.As a noun delight
is joy; pleasure.delight
English
Noun
(en noun)- A fool hath no delight in understanding.
- Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
- Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight .
- Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my delight,
Derived terms
* undelight * delightfulVerb
(en verb)- Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.