Delicious vs. Nice — What's the Difference?

Either of two varieties of apple, the Golden Delicious or the Red Delicious.

Nice ( NEESS, French: [nis]; Nissard Occitan: Niça, classical norm, or Nissa, nonstandard, pronounced [ˈnisa]; Italian: Nizza [ˈnittsa]; Ancient Greek: Νίκαια; Latin: Nicaea) is the seventh most populous urban area in France and the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department. The metropolitan area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly 1 million on an area of 744 km2 (287 sq mi).

Highly pleasing or agreeable to the senses, especially of taste or smell.

Giving pleasure or satisfaction; pleasant or attractive

Very pleasant; delightful

(especially of a difference) slight or subtle

Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.

Fastidious; scrupulous.

Pleasing to a person's taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

A resort city on the French Riviera, near the border with Italy; population 348,721 (2007).

(slang) Having tremendous sex appeal.

Pleasing and agreeable in nature

Affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste; charming.

Having a pleasant or attractive appearance

Addicted to pleasure; seeking enjoyment; luxurious; effeminate.

Exhibiting courtesy and politeness

Variety of sweet eating apples

Of good character and reputation; respectable.

Greatly pleasing or entertaining;

Overdelicate or fastidious; fussy.

Extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle

Done with delicacy and skill

Used as an intensive with and

Wanton; profligate

Affectedly modest; coy

Pleasant, satisfactory.

Of a person: friendly, attractive.

Respectable; virtuous.

Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite.

Showing refinement or delicacy, proper, seemly

(obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.

Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.

(dated) Having particular tastes; fussy, fastidious.

(obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.

Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.

(obsolete) Easily injured; delicate; dainty.

(obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.

(colloquial) Nicely.

Used to signify a job well done.

Used to signify approval.

Niceness.

To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.

Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.

Of trifling moment; unimportant; trivial.

Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters.

Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.

Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment.

Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.

Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc.

Pleasant; kind; as, a nice person.

Well-mannered; well-behaved; as, nice children.

A city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera

Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance;

Socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;

Done with delicacy and skill;

Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted;

Noting distinctions with nicety;

Exhibiting courtesy and politeness;