Charming vs. Handsome

Charmingadjective

pleasant, charismatic

Handsomeadjective

(of people, things, etc) Having a good appearance; good-looking.

‘a handsome garment, house, tree, or horse’;

Charmingadjective

delightful in a playful way which avoids responsibility or seriousness, as if attracting through a magical charm

Handsomeadjective

(of a man or boy) Visually attractive; pleasant looking, good-looking. Examples contradict label. Also, it seems to me that Austen uses "handsome" about women synonymously with "beautiful", so maybe that is an obsolete sense?

‘a handsome man’;

Charmingverb

present participle of charm

Handsomeadjective

(of a woman) Striking, impressive and elegantly proportioned, though not typically beautiful.

Charmingnoun

The casting of a magical charm.

Handsomeadjective

Good, appealing, appropriate.

Charmingadjective

Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive.

‘How charming is divine philosophy.’;

Handsomeadjective

(of weather) Fine, clear and bright.

Charmingadjective

pleasing or delighting;

‘endowed with charming manners’; ‘a charming little cottage’; ‘a charming personality’;

Handsomeadjective

Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; appropriate.

‘a handsome style, etc.’;

Charmingadjective

possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers;

‘charming incantations’; ‘magic signs that protect against adverse influence’; ‘a magical spell’; ‘'tis now the very witching time of night’; ‘wizard wands’; ‘wizardly powers’;

Handsomeadjective

Generous or noble in character.

‘Handsome is as handsome does.’;

Charmingadjective

very pleasant or attractive

‘a charming country cottage’;

Handsomeadjective

Ample; moderately large.

‘a handsome salary’;

Charmingadjective

(of a person or their manner) very polite, friendly, and likeable

‘he was a charming, affectionate colleague’;

Handsomeadjective

Dexterous; skillful.

Charminginterjection

used as an ironic expression of displeasure or disapproval

‘‘I hate men.’ ‘Charming!’ he said’;

Handsomeverb

To render handsome.

Handsomeadjective

Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; - applied to things as persons.

‘That they [engines of war] be both easy to be carried and handsome to be moved and turned about.’; ‘For a thief it is so handsome as it may seem it was first invented for him.’;

Handsomeadjective

Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; - expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse.

Handsomeadjective

Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc.

‘Easiness and handsome address in writing.’;

Handsomeadjective

Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.

‘Handsome is as handsome does.’;

Handsomeadjective

Ample; moderately large.

‘He . . . accumulated a handsome sum of money.’;

Handsomeverb

To render handsome.

Handsomeadjective

pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion;

‘a fine-looking woman’; ‘a good-looking man’; ‘better-looking than her sister’; ‘very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome’; ‘our southern women are well-favored’;

Handsomeadjective

given or giving freely;

‘was a big tipper’; ‘the bounteous goodness of God’; ‘bountiful compliments’; ‘a freehanded host’; ‘a handsome allowance’; ‘Saturday's child is loving and giving’; ‘a liberal backer of the arts’; ‘a munificent gift’; ‘her fond and openhanded grandfather’;