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Whimsy vs Pleasure - What's the difference?

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In lang=en terms the difference between whimsy and pleasure

is that whimsy is to fill with whimsies or whims; to make fantastic; to craze while pleasure is to give pleasure (especially sexual pleasure) to.

As nouns the difference between whimsy and pleasure

is that whimsy is a quaint and fanciful idea a whim playfully odd behaviour while pleasure is (uncountable) a state of being pleased.

As verbs the difference between whimsy and pleasure

is that whimsy is to fill with whimsies or whims; to make fantastic; to craze while pleasure is to give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.

As an interjection pleasure is

pleased to meet you.

whimsy

English

Alternative forms

* whimsey

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A quaint and fanciful idea. A whim. Playfully odd behaviour.
    • The whimsies of poets and painters. — Ray.
    Men's folly, whimsies , and inconstancy. — Swift.
    Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the calm revelation of truth. — Bancroft.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 27 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992) , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=It’s a lovely sequence cut too short because the show seems afraid to give itself over to romance and whimsy and wistfulness when it has wedgie jokes to deliver. }}
  • An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.
  • (mining) A whim.

    • Verb

  • To fill with whimsies or whims; to make fantastic; to craze.
  • * J. Fletcher
    • To have a man's brain whimsied with his wealth.

    pleasure

    English

    (wikipedia pleasure)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) A state of being pleased.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2012, date=April 22, author=Sam Sheringham, work=BBC Sport
    • , title= Liverpool 0-1 West Brom , passage=But the only statistic that will concern West Brom will be the scoreline, and their manager Roy Hodgson will take considerable pleasure from a victory over the club he managed for just 191 days.}}
  • (countable) A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.
  • * Bible, (w) xxv. 9
    • Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
    • , volume=188, issue=23, page=19, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Money just makes the rich suffer , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures , the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. […]}}
  • (uncountable) One's preference.
  • (formal, uncountable) The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.
  • * Bible, (w) xlviii. 14
    • He will do his pleasure on Babylon.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
    • Use your pleasure ; if your love do not persuade you to come, let not my letter.

    Synonyms

    * (state of mind ) delight, gladness, gratification, happiness, indulgence, satisfaction * (person or thing that causes enjoyment ): delight, joy * (preference ) desire, fancy, want, will, wish * (will or desire of party in power ) discretion

    Antonyms

    * pain * displeasure

    Derived terms

    * antipleasure * at Her Majesty's pleasure, at His Majesty's pleasure * at one's pleasure, at pleasure * business before pleasure * do someone a pleasure * do someone the pleasure of * during Her Majesty's pleasure, during His Majesty's pleasure * during one's pleasure, during pleasure * end-pleasure * English pleasure * fore-pleasure * gold of pleasure, gold-of-pleasure, gold-pleasure * it's a pleasure * lady of pleasure * man of pleasure * may I have the pleasure * my pleasure * pleasurable * pleasurance * pleasure barge * pleasure boat * pleasure-carriage * pleasure center, pleasure centre * pleasure craft * pleasure cruise * pleasure curve * pleasured * pleasure dome * pleasuredrome * pleasureful * pleasure-giving * pleasure ground * pleasurehood * pleasure house * the pleasure is all mine, the pleasure's all mine * the pleasure is mine, the pleasure's mine * pleasureless * pleasure-loving * pleasurement * pleasure moment * pleasuremonger * pleasure of someone's company * pleasure-pain principle * pleasure principle * pleasurer * pleasure-seeker * pleasure-seeking * pleasures of the flesh * pleasures of the table * pleasure steamer * pleasure trip * pleasure-unpleasure principle * pleasuring * pleasurist * pleasurous * sexual pleasure * to one's pleasure, to pleasure * unpleasure * western pleasure * with pleasure * woman of pleasure

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • pleased to meet you

    • Related terms

    * displeasure * please * pleasant

    Verb

    (pleasur)
  • To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • * Tennyson
    • [Rolled] his hoop to pleasure Edith.
  • to give pleasure (especially sexual pleasure) to
    • Johnny pleasured Jackie orally last night.
  • (dated) To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure.
    • to go pleasuring

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