Pleasantries vs Greeting - What's the difference?
pleasantries | greeting |
A short polite conversation before the serious conversation
A conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.
(uncountable) The action of the verb to greet .
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As nouns the difference between pleasantries and greeting
is that pleasantries is plural of lang=en while greeting is a conventional phrase used to start a letter or conversation or otherwise to acknowledge a person's arrival or presence.As a verb greeting is
present participle of lang=en.pleasantries
English
Noun
(head)- exchanging pleasantries