Enjoyment vs. Joy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Enjoyment and Joy
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Enjoyment
The act or state of enjoying.
Joy
The word joy means a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.
Enjoyment
Use or possession of something beneficial or pleasurable.
Joy
Intense and especially ecstatic or exultant happiness, or an instance of such feeling.
Enjoyment
Something that gives pleasure
Classical music was her chief enjoyment.
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Joy
An expression of such feeling.
Enjoyment
(Law) The receipt of the benefits of a property, such as ownership or use.
Joy
A source or an object of joy
Their only child, their pride and joy.
Enjoyment
(uncountable) The condition of enjoying anything.
Few activities better the enjoyment of a hearty meal eaten in good company.
Joy
To take great pleasure; rejoice.
Enjoyment
(uncountable) An enjoyable state of mind.
Joy
To fill with ecstatic happiness, pleasure, or satisfaction.
Enjoyment
(countable) An activity that gives pleasure.
Joy
To enjoy.
Enjoyment
(legal) The exercise of a legal right.
Joy
A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.
A child's joy on Christmas morning
They will be a source of strength and joy in your life.
Enjoyment
The condition of enjoying anything; pleasure or satisfaction, as in the possession or occupancy of anything; possession and use; as, the enjoyment of an estate.
Joy
Anything that causes such a feeling.
The joys and demands of parenthood
Enjoyment
That which gives pleasure or keen satisfaction.
The hope of everlasting enjoyments.
Joy
Luck or success; a positive outcome.
Enjoyment
The pleasure felt when having a good time
Joy
(obsolete) The sign or exhibition of joy; gaiety; merriment; festivity.
Enjoyment
Act of receiving pleasure from something
Joy
(intransitive) To feel joy, to rejoice.
Enjoyment
(law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property;
We were given the use of his boat
Joy
To enjoy.
Joy
To give joy to; to congratulate.
Joy
To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.
Joy
The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.
Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her joy.
Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.
Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame.
Tears of true joy for his return.
Joy is a delight of the mind, from the consideration of the present or assured approaching possession of a good.
Joy
That which causes joy or happiness.
For ye are our glory and joy.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Joy
The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.
Such joy made Una, when her knight she found.
The roofs with joy resound.
Joy
To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
In whose sight all things joy.
Joy
To give joy to; to congratulate.
To joy the friend, or grapple with the foe.
Joy
To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.
Neither pleasure's art can joy my spirits.
Joy
To enjoy.
Who might have lived and joyed immortal bliss.
Joy
The emotion of great happiness
Joy
Something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness;
A joy to behold
The pleasure of his company
The new car is a delight
Joy
Feel happiness or joy
Joy
Make glad or happy
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