Pleasant vs Gentle - What's the difference?
pleasant | gentle | Synonyms |
Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
* Bible, Psalms cxxxiii. 1
*, chapter=10
, title= Tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.
Soft and mild rather than hard or severe.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=3 Docile and easily managed.
Gradual rather than steep or sudden.
Polite and respectful rather than rude.
(archaic) Well-born; of a good family or respectable birth, though not noble.
* Johnson's Cyc.
* Milton
Pleasant is a synonym of gentle.
As adjectives the difference between pleasant and gentle
is that pleasant is giving pleasure; pleasing in manner while gentle is tender and amiable; of a considerate or kindly disposition.As nouns the difference between pleasant and gentle
is that pleasant is (obsolete) a wit; a humorist; a buffoon while gentle is (archaic) a person of high birth.As a verb gentle is
to become gentle.pleasant
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant' as talking; just to watch was ' pleasant .}}
Synonyms
* niceAntonyms
* unpleasantDerived terms
* pleasantly * pleasantness * pleasantryStatistics
*gentle
English
Adjective
(er)citation, passage=Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.}}
- a gentle horse
- British society is divided into nobility, gentry, and yeomanry, and families are either noble, gentle , or simple.
- the studies wherein our noble and gentle youth ought to bestow their time