Fond vs Nice - What's the difference?
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(chiefly, with of) Having a liking or affection (for).
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(obsolete) Foolish; simple; weak.
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(obsolete) Doted on; regarded with affection.
* Byron
The background design in lace-making.
(cooking) brown residue in pans from cooking meats and vegetables.
(obsolete) To have a foolish affection for, to be fond of.
(obsolete) To caress; to fondle.
* Dryden
(obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.
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* 1999 , Joyce Crick, translating (Sigmund Freud), (The Interpretation of Dreams) , Oxford 2008, p.83:
(obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.
* 1818 , (Jane Austen), (Persuasion) :
Showing]] or [[require, requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
* 1914 : (Saki), :
* 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p.131:
* 2006 , (Clive James), North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p.242:
(obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.
* 1598 , (William Shakespeare), , IV.1:
* 1822 , T. Creevey, Reminiscences , 28 Jul.:
Respectable; virtuous.
Pleasant, satisfactory.
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* 2008 , Rachel Cooke, The Guardian , 20 Apr.:
Of a person: friendly, attractive.
With "and", having intensive effect: extremely.
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Used to signify approval.
(transitive, computing, Unix) To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.
As an adjective fond
is (chiefly|with of) having a liking or affection (for).As a noun fond
is the background design in lace-making.As a verb fond
is (obsolete) to have a foolish affection for, to be fond of.As a proper noun nice is
a city in southeast france on the coast of the mediterranean sea, capital of the department of alpes-maritimes.fond
English
Adjective
(er)- more fond on her than she upon her love
- a great traveller, and fond of telling his adventures
- a fond farewell
- a fond mother or wife
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- I have fond grandparents who spoil me.
- Your fond dreams of flying to Jupiter have been quashed by the facts of reality.
- Grant I may never prove so fond / To trust man on his oath or bond.
- Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* fondly * fondness * overfondNoun
(en noun)- He used the fond to make a classic French pan sauce.
Verb
(en verb)- The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast.
nice
English
Alternative forms
* nyc (non-standard)Etymology 1
From (etyl) nice, nyce, nys, from (etyl) nice, niche, .Adjective
(er)- There is nothing he seemed to be more carefull of than of his honesty, and observe a kinde of decencie of his person, and orderly decorum in his habits, were it on foot or on horsebacke. He was exceeding nice in performing his word or promise.
- But if I dispense with the dreams of neurotics, my main material, I cannot be too nice in my dealings with the remainder.
- Good company requires only birth, education and manners, and with regard to education is not very nice . Birth and good manners are essential.
- "It's her own funeral, you know," said Sir Lulworth; "it's a nice point in etiquette how far one ought to show respect to one's own mortal remains."
- It would be a nice theological point to try and establish whether Ophis os Moslem or gnostic.
- Why it should have attained such longevity is a nice question.
- To set so rich a maine / On the nice hazard of one doubtfull houre? It were not good.
- It has been a damned nice thing - the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life.
- When the party was nice , the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)
- "What's difficult is when you think someone is saying something nice about you, but you're not quite sure."
Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=We toted in the wood and got the fire going nice and comfortable. Lord James still set in one of the chairs and Applegate had cabbaged the other and was hugging the stove.}}
Quotations
* 1710 , (Jonathan Swift), No. XIV *: I have strictly observed this rule, and my imagination this minute represents before me a certain great man famous for this talent, to the constant practice of which he owes his twenty years’ reputation of the most skilful head in England, for the management of nice affairs. * 1930 , , (The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case) *: Here's another nice mess you've gotten us into. * 1973 , Cockerel Chorus, Nice One, Cyril! *: Nice one, Cyril!Usage notes
Sometimes used sarcastically to mean the opposite or to connote excess.Synonyms
* charming, delightful, friendly, kind, lovely, pleasant, sweet * charming, delightful, lovely, pleasant * (having a pleasant taste or aroma) appetising/appetizing, delicious, moreish (informal), scrummy (slang), scrumptious (slang), tasty * (subtle) fine, subtleAntonyms
* horrible, horrid, nasty * horrible, horrid, nasty * (having a pleasant taste or aroma) awful, disgusting, foul, horrible, horrid, nasty, nauseating, putrid, rancid, rank, sickening, distasteful, gross, unsatisfactory * naughtyDerived terms
* nice and + adjective * nice and easy * nice guy * nice guys finish last * nicely * niceness * nice round number * nicety * sugar and spice and everything niceInterjection
(en-interj)!- Nice! I couldn't have done better.
- Is that your new car? Nice!
Etymology 2
Name of a Unix program used to invoke a script or program with a specified priority, with the implication that running at a lower priority is "nice" (kind, etc.) because it leaves more resources for others.Verb
(nic)Derived terms
* reniceExternal links
* * * *Niceat NiceDefinition.com