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Joyful vs Idyllic - What's the difference?

joyful | idyllic |

As adjectives the difference between joyful and idyllic

is that joyful is feeling or causing joy while idyllic is of or pertaining to idylls.

As a noun idyllic is

an idyllic state or situation (a substantive use of the adjective).

joyful

English

Alternative forms

* joyfull

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Feeling or causing joy.
  • 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.

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