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Rejoice vs Gladder - What's the difference?

rejoice | gladder |

In transitive terms the difference between rejoice and gladder

is that rejoice is to make happy, exhilarate while gladder is to make glad; rejoice.

As verbs the difference between rejoice and gladder

is that rejoice is to be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy while gladder is to make glad; rejoice.

As an adjective gladder is

comparative of glad.

As a noun gladder is

one who makes glad or gives joy.

rejoice

English

Alternative forms

* rejoyce

Verb

(rejoic)
  • To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy.
  • *1748 , (David Hume), Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , Oxford University Press, 1973, §6:
  • *:Obscurity, indeed, is painful to the mind as well as to the eye ; but to bring light from obscurity, by whatever labour, must needs to be delightful and rejoicing .
  • (obsolete) To have (someone) as a lover or spouse; to enjoy sexually.
  • *:
  • *:ye that are a knyghte wyueles that ye wyl not loue some mayden or gentylwoman // but hit is noysed that ye loue quene Gueneuer / and that she hath ordeyned by enchauntement that ye shal neuer loue none other / but her / ne none other damoysel ne lady shall reioyse you
  • To make happy, exhilarate.
  • *(John Arbuthnot) (1667-1735)
  • *:Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made.
  • *1982 , (Lawrence Durrell), Constance'', Faber & Faber, 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p.790-1:
  • *:But good news awaited them in the form of permission to travel about the area replenishing medical stocks in hospitals and clinics, and this task was delegated to Constance, as the newcomer, a fact which rejoiced her.
  • (obsolete) To enjoy.
  • :(Bishop Peacock)

    • gladder

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) gladere, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (glad)

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) glader, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who makes glad or gives joy.
    • (Chaucer)

    Etymology 3

    From .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make glad; rejoice.
  • *1870 , Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, New Englander and Yale review :
    • [...] and, the crown and seal of nil, the reciprocated love of God in Christ — devotion to Him in service, trust, and love, with the fullness of His favor streaming back into all the currents of experience, gladdering and perfecting all.
  • *1909 , Country Correspondence, Political Department, 1800-[1804]:
    • Under the auspicious influence of the Company's just and equitable administration, the face of this province is gladdered [Sic-]—the blossoms of Peace are blowing and the blessings of tranquility increasing daily [...]
  • *2006 , P?rana Si?gha, S?hitya Ak?dem?, The knock at midnight :
    • The light of snow has gladdered the heart [...]
    (Webster 1913)