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Gracefully vs Enjoy - What's the difference?

gracefully | enjoy |

As an adverb gracefully

is in a graceful manner.

As a verb enjoy is

to receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.

gracefully

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a graceful manner.
  • * 1975 , (Bob Dylan), (Shelter from the Storm)
  • Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there
    With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair
    She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns
    "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm"

    enjoy

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author=(Henry Petroski)
  • , title= Geothermal Energy , volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.}}
  • To have the use or benefit of something.
  • * Bible, Numbers xxxvi. 8
  • that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers
  • * 1988 , Harry G Frankfurt, The importance of what we care about: philosophical essays
  • This account fails to provide any basis for doubting that animals of subhuman species enjoy the freedom it defines.
  • To have sexual intercourse with.
  • (Milton)

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Derived terms

    * enjoyable * enjoyment * to enjoy oneself