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Indulge vs. Enjoy — What's the Difference?

Indulge vs. Enjoy — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Indulge and Enjoy

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Indulge

To yield to (a desire or whim); gratify
Indulge a craving for chocolate.

Enjoy

To receive pleasure or satisfaction from.

Indulge

To yield to the desires or whims of (someone), often excessively
We indulged our daughter on her birthday.

Enjoy

To have the use or benefit of
Enjoys good health.

Indulge

Roman Catholic Church To grant an ecclesiastical indulgence or dispensation to.
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Enjoy

To have a pleasurable or satisfactory time.

Indulge

To indulge oneself
Eyed the desserts but didn't indulge.

Enjoy

(transitive) To receive pleasure or satisfaction from something.
Enjoy your holidays!
I enjoy dancing.

Indulge

To engage or take part, especially freely or avidly
Indulged in outrageous behavior.
Indulged in all the latest fads.

Enjoy

(transitive) To have the use or benefit of something.
I plan to go travelling while I still enjoy good health.

Indulge

: To yield to a temptation or desire.
He looked at the chocolate but didn't indulge.
I indulged in drinking on the weekend.

Enjoy

To be satisfied or receive pleasure.
I enjoyed a lot.

Indulge

(transitive) To satisfy the wishes or whims of.
Grandma indulges the kids with sweets.
I love to indulge myself with beautiful clothes.

Enjoy

(transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.

Indulge

To give way to (a habit or temptation); to not oppose or restrain.
To indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations

Enjoy

To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainties of a feast; to enjoy conversation.

Indulge

To grant an extension to the deadline of a payment.

Enjoy

To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy or have the benefit of, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirable; as, to enjoy a free constitution and religious liberty.
That the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
To enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.

Indulge

To grant as by favour; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.

Enjoy

To have sexual intercourse with.

Indulge

To be complacent toward; to give way to; not to oppose or restrain
Hope in another life implies that we indulge ourselves in the gratifications of this very sparingly.

Enjoy

To take satisfaction; to live in happiness.

Indulge

To grant as by favor; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.
Persuading us that something must be indulged to public manners.
Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of lightIndulge, dread Chaos, and eternal Night!

Enjoy

Derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in;
She relished her fame and basked in her glory

Indulge

To indulge one's self; to gratify one's tastes or desires; esp., to give one's self up (to); to practice a forbidden or questionable act without restraint; - followed by in, but formerly, also, by to.

Enjoy

Have benefit from;
Enjoy privileges

Indulge

Give free rein to;
The writer indulged in metaphorical language

Enjoy

Get pleasure from;
I love cooking

Indulge

Yield (to); give satisfaction to

Enjoy

Have for one's benefit;
The industry enjoyed a boom

Indulge

Enjoy to excess

Enjoy

Take delight in;
He delights in his granddaughter

Indulge

Treat with excessive indulgence;
Grandparents often pamper the children
Let's not mollycoddle our students!

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