Nice vs Fresh - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.
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* 1999 , Joyce Crick, translating (Sigmund Freud), (The Interpretation of Dreams) , Oxford 2008, p.83:
(obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.
* 1818 , (Jane Austen), (Persuasion) :
Showing]] or [[require, requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
* 1914 : (Saki), :
* 1974 , (Lawrence Durrell), Monsieur , Faber & Faber 1992, p.131:
* 2006 , (Clive James), North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p.242:
(obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.
* 1598 , (William Shakespeare), , IV.1:
* 1822 , T. Creevey, Reminiscences , 28 Jul.:
Respectable; virtuous.
Pleasant, satisfactory.
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* 2008 , Rachel Cooke, The Guardian , 20 Apr.:
Of a person: friendly, attractive.
With "and", having intensive effect: extremely.
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Used to signify approval.
(transitive, computing, Unix) To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.
Newly produced or obtained.
Not cooked, dried, frozen, or spoiled.
(of plant material) Still green and not dried.
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Refreshing or cool.
(of water) Without salt; not saline.
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* 1820 , William Scoresby, An Account of the Arctic Regions , Archibald Constable & Co.,
* 2009 , Adele Pillitteri, Maternal and Child Health Nursing , Sixth Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, ISBN 9781582559995,
Rested; not tired or fatigued.
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In a raw or untried state; uncultured; unpracticed.
youthful; florid
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A rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood.
* 1834 , David Crockett, A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett (Nebraska, 1987), page 21:
A stream or spring of fresh water.
* Shakespeare
The mingling of fresh water with salt in rivers or bays, as by means of a flood of fresh water flowing toward or into the sea.
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Rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward.
Sexually aggressive or forward; prone to caress too eagerly; overly flirtatious.
As a proper noun nice
is a city in southeast france on the coast of the mediterranean sea, capital of the department of alpes-maritimes.As an adjective fresh is
newly produced or obtained or fresh can be rude, cheeky, or inappropriate; presumptuous; disrespectful; forward.As a noun fresh is
a rush of water, along a river or onto the land; a flood.nice
English
Alternative forms
* nyc (non-standard)Etymology 1
From (etyl) nice, nyce, nys, from (etyl) nice, niche, .Adjective
(er)- There is nothing he seemed to be more carefull of than of his honesty, and observe a kinde of decencie of his person, and orderly decorum in his habits, were it on foot or on horsebacke. He was exceeding nice in performing his word or promise.
- But if I dispense with the dreams of neurotics, my main material, I cannot be too nice in my dealings with the remainder.
- Good company requires only birth, education and manners, and with regard to education is not very nice . Birth and good manners are essential.
- "It's her own funeral, you know," said Sir Lulworth; "it's a nice point in etiquette how far one ought to show respect to one's own mortal remains."
- It would be a nice theological point to try and establish whether Ophis os Moslem or gnostic.
- Why it should have attained such longevity is a nice question.
- To set so rich a maine / On the nice hazard of one doubtfull houre? It were not good.
- It has been a damned nice thing - the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life.
- When the party was nice , the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)
- "What's difficult is when you think someone is saying something nice about you, but you're not quite sure."
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Quotations
* 1710 , (Jonathan Swift), No. XIV *: I have strictly observed this rule, and my imagination this minute represents before me a certain great man famous for this talent, to the constant practice of which he owes his twenty years’ reputation of the most skilful head in England, for the management of nice affairs. * 1930 , , (The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case) *: Here's another nice mess you've gotten us into. * 1973 , Cockerel Chorus, Nice One, Cyril! *: Nice one, Cyril!Usage notes
Sometimes used sarcastically to mean the opposite or to connote excess.Synonyms
* charming, delightful, friendly, kind, lovely, pleasant, sweet * charming, delightful, lovely, pleasant * (having a pleasant taste or aroma) appetising/appetizing, delicious, moreish (informal), scrummy (slang), scrumptious (slang), tasty * (subtle) fine, subtleAntonyms
* horrible, horrid, nasty * horrible, horrid, nasty * (having a pleasant taste or aroma) awful, disgusting, foul, horrible, horrid, nasty, nauseating, putrid, rancid, rank, sickening, distasteful, gross, unsatisfactory * naughtyDerived terms
* nice and + adjective * nice and easy * nice guy * nice guys finish last * nicely * niceness * nice round number * nicety * sugar and spice and everything niceInterjection
(en-interj)!- Nice! I couldn't have done better.
- Is that your new car? Nice!
Etymology 2
Name of a Unix program used to invoke a script or program with a specified priority, with the implication that running at a lower priority is "nice" (kind, etc.) because it leaves more resources for others.Verb
(nic)Derived terms
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* * * *Niceat NiceDefinition.com
fresh
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) fresch, fersch, from (etyl) .Adjective
(er)- He followed the fresh hoofprints to find the deer.
- I seem to make fresh mistakes every time I start writing.
- After taking a beating in the boxing ring, the left side of his face looked like fresh meat.
- I brought home from the market a nice bunch of fresh spinach leaves straight from the farm.
- a glass of fresh milk
- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
- What a nice fresh breeze.
- After a day at sea it was good to feel the fresh water of the stream.
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- There we made our ?hip fa?t with foure ropes, in ?mooth water, and the fre?h water ranne downe out of the hill into the ?ea,
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- When dissolved, it produces water sometimes perfectly fresh , and sometimes saltish;
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- Additional changes that occur when water enters the lungs depend on whether the water is fresh or salt.
- Before the match, Hodgson had expressed the hope that his players would be fresh rather than rusty after an 18-day break from league commitments because of two successive postponements.
- a fresh hand on a ship
- these fresh nymphs
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* staleDerived terms
* afresh * fresh air * fresh as a daisy * fresh bean * fresh country eggs * fresh breeze * fresh fish * fresh food * fresh frozen plasma * fresh gale * fresh ground/fresh-ground * fresh legs * fresh-new * fresh off the boat * fresh out of * fresh start * fresh water/freshwater * freshen * fresher * freshly * freshman * freshment * freshness * hotter than a fresh fucked fox in a forest fire * refresh * refreshingNoun
(freshes)- They went on very well with their work until it was nigh done, when there came the second epistle to Noah's fresh , and away went their mill, shot, lock, and barrel.
- He shall drink naught but brine; for I'll not show him / Where the quick freshes are.
Etymology 2
1848, US slang, probably from (etyl) . More at (l).Adjective
(er)- No one liked his fresh comments.
- Hey, don't get fresh with me!