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Gracious vs Edifying - What's the difference?

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Gracious is a related term of edifying.


As adjectives the difference between gracious and edifying

is that gracious is kind and warmly courteous while edifying is that educates, informs, illuminates or instructs.

As an interjection gracious

is expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

As a verb edifying is

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gracious

English

Alternative forms

* gratious (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • kind and warmly courteous
  • tactful
  • compassionate
  • indulgent, charming and graceful
  • elegant and with good taste
  • benignant

    • Derived terms

    * graciousness * graciously

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.

    • edifying

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That educates, informs, illuminates or instructs.
  • That enlightens or uplifts.

    • Verb

    (head)
    • "Do not let any corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for the use of edifying that it may minister grace unto the hearers." -Ephesians 4:29 (KJV)

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