Enjoyment vs. Joy

Published: 25 Mar, 2022

Enjoymentnoun

(uncountable) The condition of enjoying anything.

‘Few activities better the enjoyment of a hearty meal eaten in good company.’;

Joynoun

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.’;

Enjoymentnoun

(uncountable) An enjoyable state of mind.

Joynoun

Anything that causes such a feeling.

‘the joys and demands of parenthood’;

Enjoymentnoun

(countable) An activity that gives pleasure.

Joynoun

Luck or success; a positive outcome.

Enjoymentnoun

(legal) The exercise of a legal right.

Joynoun

(obsolete) The sign or exhibition of joy; gaiety; merriment; festivity.

Enjoymentnoun

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.

Joyverb

(intransitive) To feel joy, to rejoice.

Enjoymentnoun

That which gives pleasure or keen satisfaction.

‘The hope of everlasting enjoyments.’;

Joyverb

To enjoy.

Enjoymentnoun

the pleasure felt when having a good time

Joyverb

To give joy to; to congratulate.

Enjoymentnoun

act of receiving pleasure from something

Joyverb

To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.

Enjoymentnoun

(law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property;

‘we were given the use of his boat’;

Joynoun

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.’;

Joynoun

That which causes joy or happiness.

‘For ye are our glory and joy.’; ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever.’;

Joynoun

The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.

‘Such joy made Una, when her knight she found.’; ‘The roofs with joy resound.’;

Joyverb

To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.

‘I will joy in the God of my salvation.’; ‘In whose sight all things joy.’;

Joyverb

To give joy to; to congratulate.

‘To joy the friend, or grapple with the foe.’;