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Thankful vs Pleased - What's the difference?

thankful | pleased |

As adjectives the difference between thankful and pleased

is that thankful is showing appreciation or gratitude while pleased is happy, content.

As a verb pleased is

past tense of please.

thankful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Showing appreciation or gratitude.
    • I'm thankful that you helped me out today. How can I ever repay you?
  • (obsolete) Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.

    • Synonyms

    * grateful * appreciative

    Antonyms

    * thankless

    Derived terms

    * thankfully * thankfulness

    pleased

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • happy, content

    • Synonyms

    * content * happy * satisfied

    Verb

    (head)
  • (please)

    • Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words