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Gusto vs Delight - What's the difference?

gusto | delight |

As verbs the difference between gusto and delight

is that gusto is while delight is to give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.

As a noun delight is

joy; pleasure.

gusto

English

Noun

(-)
  • enthusiasm; enjoyment, vigor
  • He sang with more gusto than talent.
  • * 1993 , , The Dictator’s Dream , Dark Horse Books
  • And the sound increases … the power grows … gusto becomes something else: rage .

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    delight

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Joy; pleasure.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xviii. 2
  • A fool hath no delight in understanding.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
  • Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
  • * Milton:
  • Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight .
  • * (Greensleeves):
  • Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my delight,

    Derived terms

    * undelight * delightful

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
  • * Tennyson
  • Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.
  • (label) To have or take great pleasure
  • Derived terms

    * delight in

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