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What is the difference between smiling and smiley?

smiling | smiley |

As adjectives the difference between smiling and smiley

is that smiling is that which smiles or has a smile while smiley is cheerful and happy; smiling.

As nouns the difference between smiling and smiley

is that smiling is the action of the verb to smile while smiley is a simplified representation of a smiling face.

As a verb smiling

is present participle of lang=en.

smiling

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That which smiles or has a smile.
  • :
  • *
  • *:Serene, smiling , enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers.

    • Antonyms

    * unsmiling

    Noun

  • The action of the verb to smile .
    • Smiling takes fewer muscles than frowning.
  • * 1837 , Harriet Catharine Grew, Memorials of a Young Christian
    • We

    Verb

    (head)
    • They were smiling at the children.

    Anagrams

    *

    smiley

    English

    (wikipedia smiley)

    Alternative forms

    * smilie very rare

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Cheerful and happy; smiling.

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (rare) A simplified representation of a smiling face.
  • (Internet) A sequence of keyboard characters used to represent a person's mood or emotion, especially or other smiling depiction.
  • (slang) Having one's throat slit from side to side.
  • (rare) An improvised street weapon consisting of a length of chain with padlocks and other heavy objects affixed to one end.
  • (South Africa) A roasted sheep's head.

    • Synonyms

    * (representation of smiling face) smiley face * (characters that representation an emotion) emoticon

    See also

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    External links

    * (wikipedia "smiley")

    Anagrams

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