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Delightful vs Breathtaking - What's the difference?

delightful | breathtaking |

As adjectives the difference between delightful and breathtaking

is that delightful is pleasant; pleasing, bringing satisfaction, enjoyment or pleasure while breathtaking is stunningly beautiful; amazing.

delightful

English

Alternative forms

* delightfull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pleasant; pleasing, bringing satisfaction, enjoyment or pleasure.
  • *
  • *:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

    • breathtaking

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • stunningly beautiful; amazing
    • He went to the and spent a week taking in the breathtaking scenery all around him.
  • Very surprising or shocking; to such a degree as to cause astonishment.
    • breathtaking beauty/stupidity/rudeness

    Derived terms

    * breathtakingly