Handsome vs. Nice — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Handsome and Nice
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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.
Nice
Nice ( NEESS, French: [nis]; Nissard Occitan: Niça, classical norm, or Nissa, nonstandard, pronounced [ˈnisa]; Italian: Nizza [ˈnittsa]; Ancient Greek: Νίκαια; Latin: Nicaea) is the seventh most populous urban area in France and the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department. The metropolitan area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly 1 million on an area of 744 km2 (287 sq mi).
Handsome
Having stately or attractive proportions or appearance; impressive
A handsome manor.
A sleek, handsome car.
Nice
Giving pleasure or satisfaction; pleasant or attractive
We had a very nice time
Handsome
Large in amount or measure; generous or considerable
A handsome reward.
Won by a handsome margin.
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Nice
(especially of a difference) slight or subtle
There is a nice distinction between self-sacrifice and martyrdom
Handsome
Marked by or requiring skill or dexterity
Did some handsome maneuvers on the skating rink.
Nice
Fastidious; scrupulous.
Handsome
Appropriate or fitting
A handsome location for the new school.
Nice
A resort city on the French Riviera, near the border with Italy; population 348,721 (2007).
Handsome
Having a pleasing appearance, good-looking, attractive, particularly
That is one handsome tree you've got there.
Nice
Pleasing and agreeable in nature
Had a nice time.
A nice person.
Handsome
Attractively manly, having a pleasing face and overall effect.
I was tripping over his own feet coming in out of the surf.
Nice
Having a pleasant or attractive appearance
A nice dress.
A nice face.
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.
Nice
Exhibiting courtesy and politeness
A nice gesture.
Handsome
Good, appealing, appropriate.
Nice
Of good character and reputation; respectable.
Handsome
(of weather) Fine, clear and bright.
Nice
Overdelicate or fastidious; fussy.
Handsome
Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; appropriate.
A handsome style
Nice
Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle
A nice distinction.
A nice sense of style.
Handsome
Generous or noble in character.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Nice
Done with delicacy and skill
A nice bit of craft.
Handsome
Ample; moderately large.
A handsome salary
Nice
Used as an intensive with and
Nice and warm.
Handsome
Dexterous; skillful.
Nice
Wanton; profligate
"For when mine hours / Were nice and lucky, men did ransom lives / Of me for jests" (Shakespeare).
Handsome
To render handsome.
Nice
Affectedly modest; coy
"Ere ... / The nice Morn on th' Indian steep, / From her cabin'd loop-hole peep" (John Milton).
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.
Nice
Pleasant, satisfactory.
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.
Nice
Of a person: friendly, attractive.
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.
Nice
Respectable; virtuous.
What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?
Handsome
Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous.
Handsome is as handsome does.
Nice
Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite.
The soup is nice and hot.
Handsome
Ample; moderately large.
He . . . accumulated a handsome sum of money.
Nice
Showing refinement or delicacy, proper, seemly
A nice way of putting it
Handsome
To render handsome.
Nice
(obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.
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
Nice
Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.
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
Nice
(dated) Having particular tastes; fussy, fastidious.
Nice
(obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.
Nice
Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
Nice
(obsolete) Easily injured; delicate; dainty.
Nice
(obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.
Nice
(colloquial) Nicely.
Children, play nice.
He dresses real nice.
Nice
Used to signify a job well done.
Nice! I couldn't have done better.
Nice
Used to signify approval.
Is that your new car? Nice!
Nice
Niceness.
Nice
To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.
Nice
Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.
But say that we ben wise and nothing nice.
Nice
Of trifling moment; unimportant; trivial.
The letter was not nice, but full of chargeOf dear import.
Nice
Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters.
Curious not knowing, not exact but nice.
And to tasteThink not I shall be nice.
Nice
Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.
Dear love, continue nice and chaste.
A nice and subtile happiness.
Nice
Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment.
Nice
Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.
The difference is too niceWhere ends the virtue, or begins the vice.
Nice
Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc.
Nice
Pleasant; kind; as, a nice person.
Nice
Well-mannered; well-behaved; as, nice children.
He's making a list, checking it twice.Gonna find out who's naughty or nice Santa Claus is coming to town.
Nice
A city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera
Nice
Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance;
What a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty
Nice manners
A nice dress
A nice face
A nice day
Had a nice time at the party
The corn and tomatoes are nice today
Nice
Socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;
From a decent family
A nice girl
Nice
Done with delicacy and skill;
A nice bit of craft
A job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer
A nice shot
Nice
Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted;
Too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
So squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
Nice
Noting distinctions with nicety;
A discriminating interior designer
A nice sense of color
A nice point in the argument
Nice
Exhibiting courtesy and politeness;
A nice gesture
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