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Resilient vs Cheerful - What's the difference?

resilient | cheerful |

As a verb resilient

is .

As an adjective cheerful is

noticeably happy and optimistic.

resilient

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to endure tribulation without cracking.
  • * 1994 , Michael Grumley, The Last Diary :
  • He’s resilient , and strong, but sometimes tonight, here, the weight of what he’s saying makes him stop, pause as if lost.

    Derived terms

    * resilience

    Synonyms

    * bendable * flexible * strong

    Antonyms

    * brittle * fragile

    cheerful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cheerfull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Noticeably happy and optimistic.
  • Bright and pleasant.
  • :
  • *
  • *:At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.
  • Synonyms

    * bright * bubbly * ebullient * happy * joyful * optimistic * vivacious

    Antonyms

    * depressed * miserable * sad