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Handsome vs. Attractive — What's the Difference?

Handsome vs. Attractive — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Handsome and Attractive

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Handsome

Pleasing in form or appearance, especially having strong or distinguished features
A handsome man.
A woman with a handsome face.

Attractive

Pleasing or appealing to the senses
An attractive village
Foliage can be as attractive as flowers

Handsome

Having stately or attractive proportions or appearance; impressive
A handsome manor.
A sleek, handsome car.

Attractive

Pleasing to the senses or mind, as by being beautiful
Plants with attractive flowers.
An attractive painting.

Handsome

Large in amount or measure; generous or considerable
A handsome reward.
Won by a handsome margin.
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Attractive

Interesting because of the likelihood of being advantageous or profitable
An attractive business deal.

Handsome

Marked by or requiring skill or dexterity
Did some handsome maneuvers on the skating rink.

Attractive

Having the power to attract
The attractive force of gravity.

Handsome

Appropriate or fitting
A handsome location for the new school.

Attractive

Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force.

Handsome

Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly
That is one handsome tree you've got there.

Attractive

Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing.
That's a very attractive offer.

Handsome

Attractively manly, having a pleasing face and overall effect.
I was tripping over his own feet coming in out of the surf.

Attractive

Pleasing or appealing to the senses, especially of a potential romantic partner.
He is an attractive fellow with a trim figure.

Handsome

Statuesque, beautiful in a masculine or otherwise imposing way.
She was either handsome or her uniform created a flattering effect but—being very nearsighted—he couldn't tell from this distance.

Attractive

Having the power or quality of attracting or drawing; as, the attractive force of bodies.

Handsome

Good, appealing, appropriate.

Attractive

Attracting or drawing by moral influence or pleasurable emotion; alluring; inviting; pleasing.
Flowers of a livid yellow, or fleshy color, are most attractive to flies.

Handsome

(of weather) Fine, clear and bright.

Attractive

That which attracts or draws; an attraction; an allurement.
Speaks nothing but attractives and invitation.

Handsome

Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; appropriate.
A handsome style

Attractive

Pleasing to the eye or mind especially through beauty or charm;
A remarkably attractive young man
An attractive personality
Attractive clothes
A book with attractive illustrations

Handsome

Generous or noble in character.
Handsome is as handsome does.

Attractive

Having power to arouse interest;
An attractive opportunity
The job is attractive because of the pay

Handsome

Ample; moderately large.
A handsome salary

Attractive

Having the properties of a magnet; the ability to draw or pull;
An attractive force
The knife hung on a magnetic board

Handsome

Dexterous; skillful.

Handsome

To render handsome.

Handsome

Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; - applied to things as persons.
That they [engines of war] be both easy to be carried and handsome to be moved and turned about.
For a thief it is so handsome as it may seem it was first invented for him.

Handsome

Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; - expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse.

Handsome

Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc.
Easiness and handsome address in writing.

Handsome

Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.
Handsome is as handsome does.

Handsome

Ample; moderately large.
He . . . accumulated a handsome sum of money.

Handsome

To render handsome.

Handsome

Pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion;
A fine-looking woman
A good-looking man
Better-looking than her sister
Very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome
Our southern women are well-favored

Handsome

Given or giving freely;
Was a big tipper
The bounteous goodness of God
Bountiful compliments
A freehanded host
A handsome allowance
Saturday's child is loving and giving
A liberal backer of the arts
A munificent gift
Her fond and openhanded grandfather

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