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What is the difference between delight and pleasure?

delight | pleasure |

Pleasure is a synonym of delight.



As nouns the difference between delight and pleasure

is that delight is joy; pleasure while pleasure is a state of being pleased.

As verbs the difference between delight and pleasure

is that delight is to give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly while pleasure is to give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.

As an interjection pleasure is

pleased to meet you.

delight

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Joy; pleasure.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xviii. 2
    • A fool hath no delight in understanding.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= 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.}}
  • Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
  • * Milton:
    • Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight .
  • * (Greensleeves):
    • Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my delight,

    Derived terms

    * undelight * delightful

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
  • * Tennyson
    • Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.
  • (label) To have or take great pleasure

    • Derived terms

    * delight in

    Related terms

    * delicacy * delicate * delicatessen * delicious

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    Anagrams

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    pleasure

    English

    (wikipedia pleasure)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) A state of being pleased.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=April 22, author=Sam Sheringham, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Liverpool 0-1 West Brom , passage=But the only statistic that will concern West Brom will be the scoreline, and their manager Roy Hodgson will take considerable pleasure from a victory over the club he managed for just 191 days.}}
  • (countable) A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.
  • * Bible, (w) xxv. 9
    • Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
    • , volume=188, issue=23, page=19, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Money just makes the rich suffer , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures , the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]}}
  • (uncountable) One's preference.
  • (formal, uncountable) The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.
  • * Bible, (w) xlviii. 14
    • He will do his pleasure on Babylon.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • Use your pleasure ; if your love do not persuade you to come, let not my letter.

    Synonyms

    * (state of mind ) delight, gladness, gratification, happiness, indulgence, satisfaction * (person or thing that causes enjoyment ): delight, joy * (preference ) desire, fancy, want, will, wish * (will or desire of party in power ) discretion

    Antonyms

    * pain * displeasure

    Derived terms

    * antipleasure * at Her Majesty's pleasure, at His Majesty's pleasure * at one's pleasure, at pleasure * business before pleasure * do someone a pleasure * do someone the pleasure of * during Her Majesty's pleasure, during His Majesty's pleasure * during one's pleasure, during pleasure * end-pleasure * English pleasure * fore-pleasure * gold of pleasure, gold-of-pleasure, gold-pleasure * it's a pleasure * lady of pleasure * man of pleasure * may I have the pleasure * my pleasure * pleasurable * pleasurance * pleasure barge * pleasure boat * pleasure-carriage * pleasure center, pleasure centre * pleasure craft * pleasure cruise * pleasure curve * pleasured * pleasure dome * pleasuredrome * pleasureful * pleasure-giving * pleasure ground * pleasurehood * pleasure house * the pleasure is all mine, the pleasure's all mine * the pleasure is mine, the pleasure's mine * pleasureless * pleasure-loving * pleasurement * pleasure moment * pleasuremonger * pleasure of someone's company * pleasure-pain principle * pleasure principle * pleasurer * pleasure-seeker * pleasure-seeking * pleasures of the flesh * pleasures of the table * pleasure steamer * pleasure trip * pleasure-unpleasure principle * pleasuring * pleasurist * pleasurous * sexual pleasure * to one's pleasure, to pleasure * unpleasure * western pleasure * with pleasure * woman of pleasure

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • pleased to meet you

    • Related terms

    * displeasure * please * pleasant

    Verb

    (pleasur)
  • To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • * Tennyson
    • [Rolled] his hoop to pleasure Edith.
  • to give pleasure (especially sexual pleasure) to
    • Johnny pleasured Jackie orally last night.
  • (dated) To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure.
    • to go pleasuring

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