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Striking vs Pleasant - What's the difference?

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Striking is a related term of pleasant.


As adjectives the difference between striking and pleasant

is that striking is making a strong impression while pleasant is giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.

As nouns the difference between striking and pleasant

is that striking is the act by which something strikes or is struck while pleasant is (obsolete) a wit; a humorist; a buffoon.

As a verb striking

is .

striking

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Making a strong impression.
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  • *:This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking . In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which something strikes or is struck.
  • * 2012 , Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)
  • We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?

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    pleasant

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
  • * Bible, Psalms cxxxiii. 1
  • Behold, how good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
  • *, chapter=10
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant' as talking; just to watch was ' pleasant .}}

    Synonyms

    * nice

    Antonyms

    * unpleasant

    Derived terms

    * pleasantly * pleasantness * pleasantry

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A wit; a humorist; a buffoon.
  • (Webster 1913)

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