Gracious vs Grateful - What's the difference?
gracious | grateful |
kind and warmly courteous
tactful
compassionate
indulgent, charming and graceful
elegant and with good taste
benignant
expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.
Showing appreciation, being thankful.
* {{quote-news
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, date=May 5
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, title=Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool
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Recognizing the importance of a source of pleasure.
Pleasing, welcome.
* Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,
* Herman Melville, Omoo
As adjectives the difference between grateful and gracious
is that grateful is showing appreciation, being thankful while gracious is kind and warmly courteous.As an interjection gracious is
expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.gracious
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Alternative forms
* gratious (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)Derived terms
* graciousness * graciouslyInterjection
(en interjection)grateful
English
(Gratitude)Alternative forms
* gratefull (archaic)Adjective
(en-adj)- I'm grateful that you helped me out.
- I'm grateful to you for helping me out
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The Skeleton in Armor:
- Fell I upon my spear, / Oh, death was grateful !
- grateful underfoot was the damp and slightly yielding beach, from which the waves seemed just retired.