Desire vs. Pleasure — What's the Difference?

Desires are states of mind that are expressed by terms like "wanting", "wishing", "longing" or "craving". A great variety of features is commonly associated with desires.

Pleasure refers to experience that feels good, that involves the enjoyment of something. It contrasts with pain or suffering, which are forms of feeling bad.

To wish or long for; want

A feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment

To want to have sex with (another person).

Used or intended for entertainment rather than business

To express a wish for; request.

Give sexual enjoyment or satisfaction to

The feeling of wanting to have something or wishing that something will happen.

The state or feeling of being pleased or gratified.

An instance of this feeling

A source of enjoyment or delight

Sexual appetite; passion.

Amusement, diversion, or worldly enjoyment

An object of such feeling or passion

Sensual gratification or indulgence.

(Archaic) A request or petition.

One's preference or wish

To want; to wish for earnestly.

To give pleasure or enjoyment to; gratify

To put a request to (someone); to entreat.

To take pleasure; delight

To want emotionally or sexually.

To go in search of pleasure or enjoyment.

To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.

(uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.

To require; to demand; to claim.

(countable) A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.

To miss; to regret.

(uncountable) One's preference.

(countable) Someone or something wished for.

The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.

(uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.

Pleased to meet you, "It's my pleasure"

(uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.

(transitive) To give or afford pleasure to.

(uncountable) Motivation. en

(transitive) To give sexual pleasure to.

To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure.

To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.

The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; - opposed to pain, sorrow, etc.

To require; to demand; to claim.

Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; - opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc.

To miss; to regret.

What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose.

The natural longing that is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of any good, and impels to action or effort its continuance or possession; an eager wish to obtain or enjoy.

That which pleases; a favor; a gratification.

An expressed wish; a request; petition.

To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.

Anything which is desired; an object of longing.

To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring.

Excessive or morbid longing; lust; appetite.

A fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience;

Grief; regret.

Something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness;

The feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

A formal expression;

An inclination to want things;

An activity that affords enjoyment;

Something that is desired

Sexual gratification;

Feel or have a desire for; want strongly;

Expect and wish;

Express a desire for