Joy vs. Pleasure — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Joy and Pleasure
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Joy
Luck or success; a positive outcome.
Pleasure
Pleasure refers to experience that feels good, that involves the enjoyment of something. It contrasts with pain or suffering, which are forms of feeling bad.
Joy
The word joy means a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.
Pleasure
A feeling of happy satisfaction and enjoyment
She smiled with pleasure at being praised
Joy
Intense and especially ecstatic or exultant happiness, or an instance of such feeling.
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Pleasure
Used or intended for entertainment rather than business
Pleasure boats
Joy
An expression of such feeling.
Pleasure
Give sexual enjoyment or satisfaction to
Tell me what will pleasure you
Joy
A source or an object of joy
Their only child, their pride and joy.
Pleasure
The state or feeling of being pleased or gratified.
Joy
To take great pleasure; rejoice.
Pleasure
A source of enjoyment or delight
The graceful skaters were a pleasure to watch.
Joy
To fill with ecstatic happiness, pleasure, or satisfaction.
Pleasure
Amusement, diversion, or worldly enjoyment
"Pleasure ... is a safer guide than either right or duty" (Samuel Butler).
Joy
To enjoy.
Pleasure
Sensual gratification or indulgence.
Joy
A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.
A child's joy on Christmas morning
They will be a source of strength and joy in your life.
Pleasure
One's preference or wish
What is your pleasure?.
Joy
Anything that causes such a feeling.
The joys and demands of parenthood
Pleasure
To give pleasure or enjoyment to; gratify
Our host pleasured us with his company.
Joy
(obsolete) The sign or exhibition of joy; gaiety; merriment; festivity.
Pleasure
To take pleasure; delight
The hiker paused, pleasuring in the sounds of the forest.
Joy
(intransitive) To feel joy, to rejoice.
Pleasure
To go in search of pleasure or enjoyment.
Joy
To enjoy.
Pleasure
(uncountable) A state of being pleased or contented; gratification.
He remembered with pleasure his home and family.
I get a lot of pleasure from watching others work hard while I relax.
Joy
To give joy to; to congratulate.
Pleasure
(countable) A person, thing or action that causes enjoyment.
It was a pleasure to meet you.
Having a good night's sleep is one of life's little pleasures.
Joy
To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.
Pleasure
(uncountable) One's preference.
What is your pleasure: coffee or tea?
Joy
The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.
Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her joy.
Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.
Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame.
Tears of true joy for his return.
Joy is a delight of the mind, from the consideration of the present or assured approaching possession of a good.
Pleasure
The will or desire of someone or some agency in power.
To hold an office at pleasure: to hold it indefinitely until it is revoked
At Congress's pleasure: whenever or as long as Congress desires
Joy
That which causes joy or happiness.
For ye are our glory and joy.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Pleasure
Pleased to meet you, "It's my pleasure"
Joy
The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.
Such joy made Una, when her knight she found.
The roofs with joy resound.
Pleasure
(transitive) To give or afford pleasure to.
Joy
To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
In whose sight all things joy.
Pleasure
(transitive) To give sexual pleasure to.
Johnny pleasured Jackie with his mouth last night.
Joy
To give joy to; to congratulate.
To joy the friend, or grapple with the foe.
Pleasure
To take pleasure; to seek or pursue pleasure.
To go pleasuring
Joy
To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.
Neither pleasure's art can joy my spirits.
Pleasure
The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; - opposed to pain, sorrow, etc.
At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Joy
To enjoy.
Who might have lived and joyed immortal bliss.
Pleasure
Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; - opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc.
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man.
Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God.
Joy
The emotion of great happiness
Pleasure
What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose.
Use your pleasure; if your love do not presuade you to come, let not my letter.
Joy
Something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness;
A joy to behold
The pleasure of his company
The new car is a delight
Pleasure
That which pleases; a favor; a gratification.
Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure
Joy
Feel happiness or joy
Pleasure
To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.
[Rolled] his hoop to pleasure Edith.
Joy
Make glad or happy
Pleasure
To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring.
Pleasure
A fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience;
He was tingling with pleasure
Pleasure
Something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness;
A joy to behold
The pleasure of his company
The new car is a delight
Pleasure
A formal expression;
He serves at the pleasure of the President
Pleasure
An activity that affords enjoyment;
He puts duty before pleasure
Pleasure
Sexual gratification;
He took his pleasure of her
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