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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