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Charming vs. Handsome — What's the Difference?

Charming vs. Handsome — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Charming and Handsome

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Charming

Very pleasant or attractive
A charming country cottage

Handsome

Pleasing in form or appearance, especially having strong or distinguished features
A handsome man.
A woman with a handsome face.

Charming

Used as an ironic expression of displeasure or disapproval
‘I hate men.’ ‘Charming!’ he said

Handsome

Having stately or attractive proportions or appearance; impressive
A handsome manor.
A sleek, handsome car.

Charming

Having the power or quality of pleasing or delighting
A charming cottage.
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Handsome

Large in amount or measure; generous or considerable
A handsome reward.
Won by a handsome margin.

Charming

Fascinating or delightful; very likeable
A charming young man.

Handsome

Marked by or requiring skill or dexterity
Did some handsome maneuvers on the skating rink.

Charming

Pleasant, charismatic.

Handsome

Appropriate or fitting
A handsome location for the new school.

Charming

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

Handsome

Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly
That is one handsome tree you've got there.

Charming

Present participle of charm

Handsome

Attractively manly, having a pleasing face and overall effect.
I was tripping over his own feet coming in out of the surf.

Charming

The casting of a magical charm.

Handsome

Statuesque, beautiful in a masculine or otherwise imposing way.
She was either handsome or her uniform created a flattering effect but—being very nearsighted—he couldn't tell from this distance.

Charming

Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive.
How charming is divine philosophy.

Handsome

Good, appealing, appropriate.

Charming

Pleasing or delighting;
Endowed with charming manners
A charming little cottage
A charming personality

Handsome

(of weather) Fine, clear and bright.

Charming

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

Handsome

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

Handsome

Generous or noble in character.
Handsome is as handsome does.

Handsome

Ample; moderately large.
A handsome salary

Handsome

Dexterous; skillful.

Handsome

To render handsome.

Handsome

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.

Handsome

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.

Handsome

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

Handsome

Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.
Handsome is as handsome does.

Handsome

Ample; moderately large.
He . . . accumulated a handsome sum of money.

Handsome

To render handsome.

Handsome

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

Handsome

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

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