Pleasing vs Acceptable - What's the difference?
pleasing | acceptable |
pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
* (Isaac Barrow)
Capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable'' present, one ''acceptable to us.
Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.
As adjectives the difference between pleasing and acceptable
is that pleasing is agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification while acceptable is capable, worthy, or sure of being accepted or received with pleasure; pleasing to a receiver; gratifying; agreeable; welcome; as, an acceptable'' present, one ''acceptable to us.As a noun pleasing
is pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing".As a verb pleasing
is .pleasing
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*Noun
- What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross