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Ease vs. Comfortable — What's the Difference?

Ease vs. Comfortable — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Ease and Comfortable

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Ease

The condition of being comfortable or relieved.

Comfortable

Providing physical comfort
A comfortable chair.

Ease

Freedom from pain, worry, or agitation
Her mind was at ease knowing that the children were safe.

Comfortable

Free from stress or anxiety; at ease
Not comfortable about the interview.

Ease

Freedom from constraint or embarrassment; naturalness.
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Comfortable

Producing feelings of ease or security
A comfortable person.
A comfortable evening at home.

Ease

Freedom from difficulty, hardship, or effort
Rose through the ranks with apparent ease.

Comfortable

Sufficient to provide financial security
Comfortable earnings.

Ease

Readiness or dexterity in performance; facility
A pianist who played the sonata with ease.

Comfortable

Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
This is the most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept in.

Ease

Freedom from financial difficulty; affluence
A life of luxury and ease.

Comfortable

In a state of comfort and content.
What a great guestroom! I'll be quite comfortable here.

Ease

A state of rest, relaxation, or leisure
He took his ease by the pond.

Comfortable

Confident; relaxed; not worried about someone or something.

Ease

To free from pain, worry, or agitation
Eased his conscience by returning the stolen money.

Comfortable

Amply sufficient, satisfactory.
A comfortable income should suffice to consider oneself rich.
The home team is ahead by a comfortable margin.

Ease

To lessen the discomfort or pain of
Shifted position to ease her back.

Comfortable

(obsolete) Comforting, providing comfort; consolatory.

Ease

To alleviate; assuage
Prescribed a drug to ease the pain.

Comfortable

(obsolete) Strong; vigorous; valiant.

Ease

To give respite from
Eased the staff's burden by hiring more people.

Comfortable

(obsolete) Serviceable; helpful.

Ease

To slacken the strain, pressure, or tension of; loosen
Ease off a cable.

Comfortable

(US) A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter.

Ease

To reduce the difficulty or trouble of
Eased the entrance requirements.

Comfortable

Strong; vigorous; valiant.
Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end.

Ease

To move or maneuver slowly and carefully
Eased the car into a narrow space.
Eased the director out of office.

Comfortable

Serviceable; helpful.
Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her.

Ease

To lessen, as in discomfort, pressure, or stress
Pain that never eased.

Comfortable

Affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to comfort; cheering; as, a comfortable hope.
A comfortable provision made for their subsistence.

Ease

To move or proceed with little effort
Eased through life doing as little as possible.

Comfortable

In a condition of comfort; having comforts; not suffering or anxious; hence, contented; cheerful; as, to lead a comfortable life.
My lord leans wondrously to discontent;His comfortable temper has forsook him:He is much out of health.

Ease

Ability, the means to do something, particularly:

Comfortable

Free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; - used of a sick person.

Ease

Skill, dexterity, facility.
He played the ukelele with ease.

Comfortable

A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort.

Ease

Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness, particularly:

Comfortable

Providing or experiencing physical well-being or relief (`comfy' is informal);
Comfortable clothes
Comfortable suburban houses
Made himself comfortable in an armchair
The antihistamine made her feel more comfortable
Are you comfortable?
Feeling comfy now?

Ease

Freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance, sometimes idleness, sloth.
She enjoyed the ease of living in a house where the servants did all the work.

Comfortable

Free from stress or conducive to mental ease; having or affording peace of mind;
Was settled in a comfortable job, one for which he was well prepared
The comfortable thought that nothing could go wrong
Was comfortable in his religious beliefs
She's a comfortable person to be with
She felt comfortable with her fiance's parents

Ease

Freedom from worry and concern; peace; sometimes indifference.
The pension set her mind at ease.

Comfortable

More than adequate;
The home team had a comfortable lead

Ease

Freedom from difficulty.
He passed all the exams with ease.

Comfortable

Sufficient to provide comfort;
A comfortable salary

Ease

Freedom from effort, leisure, rest.
We took our ease on the patio.

Comfortable

In fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich;
They were comfortable or even wealthy by some standards
Easy living
A prosperous family
His family is well-situated financially
Well-to-do members of the community

Ease

Freedom from financial effort or worry; affluence.
His inheritance catapulted him into a life of ease.

Ease

Freedom from embarrassment or awkwardness; grace.
She dealt with the faculty with combined authority and ease.

Ease

Relief, an end to discomfort, particularly:

Ease

Followed by of or from: release from or reduction of pain, hardship, or annoyance.
Take one pill every 12 hours to provide ease from pain.

Ease

Release from intestinal discomfort: defecation.

Ease

Release from constraint, obligation, or a constrained position.
At ease, soldier!

Ease

(clothing) Additional space provided to allow greater movement.
Add some ease to the waist measurement.

Ease

(obsolete) A convenience; a luxury.

Ease

(obsolete) A relief; an easement.

Ease

(transitive) To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.
He eased his conscience by confessing.

Ease

(transitive) To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).
He loosened his shoe to ease the pain.
His words of comfort eased his friend's pain and distress.

Ease

(transitive) To give respite to (someone).
The provision of extra staff eased their workload.

Ease

To loosen or slacken the tension on a line.
We eased the boom vang, then lowered the sail.

Ease

(transitive) To reduce the difficulty of (something).
We had to ease the entry requirements.

Ease

(transitive) To move (something) slowly and carefully.
He eased the cork from the bottle.

Ease

(intransitive) To lessen in intensity.
The pain eased overnight.

Ease

(intransitive) To proceed with little effort.
The car eased onto the motorway.

Ease

Satisfaction; pleasure; hence, accommodation; entertainment.
They him besoughtOf harbor and or ease as for hire penny.

Ease

Freedom from anything that pains or troubles; as: (a) Relief from labor or effort; rest; quiet; relaxation; as, ease of body.
Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease.
Give yourself ease from the fatigue of watching.

Ease

Freedom from care, solicitude, or anything that annoys or disquiets; tranquillity; peace; comfort; security; as, ease of mind.
Among these nations shalt thou find no ease.
Take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Ease

Freedom from constraint, formality, difficulty, embarrassment, etc.; facility; liberty; naturalness; - said of manner, style, etc.; as, ease of style, of behavior, of address.
True ease in writing comes from art, not chance.
Whate'er he did was done with so much ease,In him alone 't was natural to please.

Ease

To free from anything that pains, disquiets, or oppresses; to relieve from toil or care; to give rest, repose, or tranquillity to; - often with of; as, to ease of pain; to ease the body or mind.
Eased [from] the putting offThese troublesome disguises which we wear.
Sing, and I 'll ease thy shoulders of thy load.

Ease

To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.
My couch shall ease my complaint.

Ease

To release from pressure or restraint; to move gently; to lift slightly; to shift a little; as, to ease a bar or nut in machinery.

Ease

To entertain; to furnish with accommodations.

Ease

Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort;
He rose through the ranks with apparent ease
They put it into containers for ease of transportation

Ease

A freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state;
A life of luxury and ease
He had all the material comforts of this world

Ease

The condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress);
He enjoyed his relief from responsibility
Getting it off his conscience gave him some ease

Ease

Freedom from constraint or embarrassment;
I am never at ease with strangers

Ease

Freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility);
Took his repose by the swimming pool

Ease

Move gently or carefully;
He eased himself into the chair

Ease

Lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate;
Ease the pain in your legs

Ease

Make easier;
You could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge

Ease

Lessen the intensity of or calm;
The news eased my conscience
Still the fears

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