Generosity vs. Gracious — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Generosity and Gracious
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Generosity
Generosity (also called largess) is the virtue of being liberal in giving, often as gifts. Generosity is regarded as a virtue by various world religions, and is often celebrated in cultural and religious ceremonies.
Gracious
Courteous, kind, and pleasant, especially towards someone of lower social status
A gracious hostess
Greig was gracious in defeat
Generosity
Liberality in giving or willingness to give
A philanthropist's generosity.
Gracious
(in Christian belief) showing divine grace
I am saved by God's gracious intervention on my behalf
Generosity
Kindness or magnanimity
Spoke of his rival with generosity.
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Gracious
A polite epithet used of royalty or their acts
The accession of Her present gracious Majesty
Generosity
Amplitude; abundance
The generosity of the salaries.
Gracious
Used to express polite surprise
Good gracious, that was close!
Generosity
A generous act
"The cries of welcome recalled vanished generosities of the old city" (Lawrence Durrell).
Gracious
Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy
Gave the guests a gracious welcome.
Generosity
(uncountable) The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time.
Gracious
Characterized by tact and propriety
Responded to the insult with gracious humor.
Generosity
(countable) A generous act.
Gracious
Condescendingly courteous; indulgent
Was always gracious toward the servants.
Generosity
(uncountable) The trait of being abundant, more than adequate.
Gracious
Merciful or compassionate. Used especially of God in Christianity and Islam.
Generosity
Good breeding; nobility of stock.
Gracious
Characterized by elegance and good taste
Gracious living.
Generosity
Noble birth.
Gracious
(Archaic) Enjoying favor or grace; acceptable or pleasing.
Generosity
The quality of being noble; noble-mindedness.
Generosity is in nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities.
Gracious
Used to express surprise or mild emotion.
Generosity
Liberality in giving; munificence.
Gracious
Kind and warmly courteous
Generosity
The trait of being willing to give your money or time
Gracious
Tactful
Generosity
Acting generously
Gracious
Compassionate
Gracious
Indulgent, charming and graceful
Gracious
Elegant and with good taste
Gracious
Benignant
Gracious
Full of grace
Gracious
Magnanimous, without arrogance or complaint, benevolently declining to raise controversy or insist on possible prerogatives.
The actress's gracious acceptance of being named only in the end credits allowed her character's appearance in the episode to remain a surprise.
Gracious
Abounding in grace or mercy; manifesting love, or bestowing mercy; characterized by grace; beneficent; merciful; disposed to show kindness or favor; condescending; as, his most gracious majesty.
A god ready to pardon, gracious and merciful.
So hallowed and so gracious in the time.
Gracious
Abounding in beauty, loveliness, or amiability; graceful; excellent.
Since the birth of Cain, the first male child, . . . There was not such a gracious creature born.
Gracious
Produced by divine grace; influenced or controlled by the divine influence; as, gracious affections.
Gracious
Characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit;
Gracious even to unexpected visitors
Gracious living
He bears insult with gracious good humor
Gracious
Doing or producing good
Gracious
Characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects;
Our benignant king
Gracious
Exhibiting courtesy and politeness;
A nice gesture
Gracious
Disposed to bestow favors;
Thanks to the gracious gods
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