Idyllic vs Beautiful - What's the difference?
idyllic | beautiful |
An idyllic state or situation. (A substantive use of the adjective)
* 1922 — , ch V
Attractive and possessing charm.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=5 (of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
Well executed.
(as a pro-sentence ) How beautiful that is!
(as a pro-sentence; ironic ) How unfortunate that is!
As adjectives the difference between idyllic and beautiful
is that idyllic is of or pertaining to idylls while beautiful is attractive and possessing charm.As a noun idyllic
is an idyllic state or situation. A substantive use of the adjective.idyllic
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Quotations
* 1896 — , ch 17 *: My fellow-creatures, from whom I was thus separated, began to assume idyllic virtue and beauty in my memory. * 1922 — , ch II *: The rest of the road was as idyllic as the start.Noun
(en noun)- He could retire to the idyllic with the knowledge that he had not been wanting when Romance called.
References
* *beautiful
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Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’}}
- (referring to an athlete catching a ball)