Lighthearted vs Cheerful - What's the difference?
lighthearted | cheerful |
Joyful, glad, taking pleasure in being alive. Not depressed or sad.
Enjoyable lack of seriousness, not grave.
Noticeably happy and optimistic.
Bright and pleasant.
:
*
*:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
As adjectives the difference between lighthearted and cheerful
is that lighthearted is joyful, glad, taking pleasure in being alive. Not depressed or sad while cheerful is noticeably happy and optimistic.lighthearted
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The lighthearted young lovers ran over the hills.
- His lighthearted banjo was appreciated because it relieved the tension in tight situations.