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Idyllic vs Bucolic - What's the difference?

idyllic | bucolic |

As adjectives the difference between idyllic and bucolic

is that idyllic is of or pertaining to idylls while bucolic is rustic, pastoral, country-styled.

As nouns the difference between idyllic and bucolic

is that idyllic is an idyllic state or situation. A substantive use of the adjective while bucolic is a pastoral poem.

idyllic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to idylls.
  • Extremely happy, peaceful, or picturesque.
  • 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)
  • An idyllic state or situation. (A substantive use of the adjective)
  • * 1922 — , ch V
  • He could retire to the idyllic with the knowledge that he had not been wanting when Romance called.

    References

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    bucolic

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Rustic, pastoral, country-styled.
  • Pertaining to herdsmen or peasants.
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pastoral poem.
  • A rustic, peasant
  • See also
    * georgic