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Pleasing vs Suitable - What's the difference?

pleasing | suitable |

As adjectives the difference between pleasing and suitable

is that pleasing is agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification while suitable is having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.

As a noun pleasing

is pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing".

As a verb pleasing

is .

pleasing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.

    • Synonyms

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    Noun

  • pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
  • * (Isaac Barrow)
    • 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

    Related terms

    * pleasant * pleasantly * satisfaction

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

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    suitable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.

    • Synonyms

    * fit for purpose (British) * up to standard (British)

    Antonyms

    * unsuitable

    Derived terms

    * suitability

    See also

    * fit * meet * appropriate * apt * pertinent * seemly * eligible * consonant * corresponding * congruous

    External links

    * * 1000 English basic words