Nice vs. Sweet — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Nice and Sweet
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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).
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Having the pleasant taste characteristic of sugar or honey; not salt, sour, or bitter
A cup of hot sweet tea
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Giving pleasure or satisfaction; pleasant or attractive
We had a very nice time
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Pleasing in general; delightful
It was the sweet life he had always craved
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(especially of a difference) slight or subtle
There is a nice distinction between self-sacrifice and martyrdom
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Sweet
(of a person or action) pleasant and kind or thoughtful
It was sweet of you to come
A very sweet nurse came along
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Fastidious; scrupulous.
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Used for emphasis in various phrases and exclamations
What had happened? Sweet nothing
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A resort city on the French Riviera, near the border with Italy; population 348,721 (2007).
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A small shaped piece of confectionery made with sugar
A bag of sweets
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Pleasing and agreeable in nature
Had a nice time.
A nice person.
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A sweet dish forming a course of a meal; a pudding or dessert.
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Having a pleasant or attractive appearance
A nice dress.
A nice face.
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Used as an affectionate form of address
Hello, my sweet
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Exhibiting courtesy and politeness
A nice gesture.
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The sweet part or element of something
You have had the bitter, now comes the sweet
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Of good character and reputation; respectable.
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Having the taste of sugar or a substance containing or resembling sugar, as honey or saccharin.
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Overdelicate or fastidious; fussy.
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Containing or derived from sugar.
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Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle
A nice distinction.
A nice sense of style.
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Retaining some natural sugar; not dry
A sweet wine.
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Done with delicacy and skill
A nice bit of craft.
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Pleasing to the senses; agreeable
The sweet song of the lark.
A sweet face.
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Used as an intensive with and
Nice and warm.
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Pleasing to the mind or feelings; gratifying
Sweet revenge.
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Wanton; profligate
"For when mine hours / Were nice and lucky, men did ransom lives / Of me for jests" (Shakespeare).
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Having a pleasing disposition; lovable
A sweet child.
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Affectedly modest; coy
"Ere ... / The nice Morn on th' Indian steep, / From her cabin'd loop-hole peep" (John Milton).
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Kind; gracious
It was sweet of him to help out.
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Pleasant, satisfactory.
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Fragrant; perfumed
A sweet scent.
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Of a person: friendly, attractive.
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Not saline or salted
Sweet water.
Sweet butter.
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Respectable; virtuous.
What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?
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Not spoiled, sour, or decaying; fresh
Sweet milk.
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Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite.
The soup is nice and hot.
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Free of acid or acidity
Sweet soil.
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Showing refinement or delicacy, proper, seemly
A nice way of putting it
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Low in sulfur content
Sweet fuel oil.
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(obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.
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(Music) Of, relating to, or being a form of jazz characterized by adherence to a melodic line and to a time signature.
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Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.
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Remarkable; outstanding.
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(dated) Having particular tastes; fussy, fastidious.
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Used as an intensive
Took his own sweet time to finish.
Earns a sweet million per year.
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(obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.
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In a sweet manner; sweetly.
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Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
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Sweet taste or quality; sweetness.
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(obsolete) Easily injured; delicate; dainty.
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Something sweet to the taste.
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(obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.
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Foods, such as candy, pastries, puddings, or preserves, that are high in sugar content.
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(colloquial) Nicely.
Children, play nice.
He dresses real nice.
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(Informal) Sweet potatoes
Candied sweets.
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Used to signify a job well done.
Nice! I couldn't have done better.
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A sweet dish, such as pudding, served as dessert.
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Used to signify approval.
Is that your new car? Nice!
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A sweetmeat or confection.
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Niceness.
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A dear or beloved person.
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To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.
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Something pleasing to the mind or feelings.
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Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.
But say that we ben wise and nothing nice.
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Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
A sweet apple
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Of trifling moment; unimportant; trivial.
The letter was not nice, but full of chargeOf dear import.
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Having a taste of sugar.
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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.
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(wine) Retaining a portion of sugar.
Sweet wines are better dessert wines.
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Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.
Dear love, continue nice and chaste.
A nice and subtile happiness.
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Not having a salty taste.
Sweet butter
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Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment.
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Having a pleasant smell.
A sweet scent
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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.
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Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale.
Sweet milk
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Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc.
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Having a pleasant sound.
A sweet tune
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Pleasant; kind; as, a nice person.
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Having a pleasing disposition.
A sweet child
You're so sweet!
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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.
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Having a helpful disposition.
It was sweet of him to help out.
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A city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera
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(mineralogy) Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur.
Sweet gas
Sweet soil
Sweet crude oil
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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
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(informal) Very pleasing; agreeable.
The new Lexus was a sweet birthday gift.
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Socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;
From a decent family
A nice girl
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(slang) Doing well; in a good or happy position.
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Done with delicacy and skill;
A nice bit of craft
A job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer
A nice shot
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Romantically fixated; enamored with; fond of.
The attraction was mutual and instant; they were sweet on one another from first sight.
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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
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; not salt or brackish.
Sweet water
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Noting distinctions with nicety;
A discriminating interior designer
A nice sense of color
A nice point in the argument
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To the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair.
A sweet face
A sweet colour or complexion
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Exhibiting courtesy and politeness;
A nice gesture
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An intensifier.
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Used as a positive response to good news or information.
They're making a sequel? Ah, sweet!
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In a sweet manner.
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(uncountable) The basic taste sensation induced by sugar.
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A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy.
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A food eaten for dessert.
Can we see the sweet menu, please?
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Synonym of sweetheart, a term of affection.
Good evening, my sweet.
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(obsolete) That which is sweet or pleasant in odour; a perfume.
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(obsolete) Sweetness, delight; something pleasant to the mind or senses.
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To sweeten.
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Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; - opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet oranges.
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Pleasing to the smell; fragrant; redolent; balmy; as, a sweet rose; sweet odor; sweet incense.
The breath of these flowers is sweet to me.
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Pleasing to the ear; soft; melodious; harmonious; as, the sweet notes of a flute or an organ; sweet music; a sweet voice; a sweet singer.
To make his English sweet upon his tongue.
A voice sweet, tremulous, but powerful.
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Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair; as, a sweet face; a sweet color or complexion.
Sweet interchangeOf hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains.
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Fresh; not salt or brackish; as, sweet water.
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Not changed from a sound or wholesome state. Specifically: (a) Not sour; as, sweet milk or bread. (b) Not state; not putrescent or putrid; not rancid; as, sweet butter; sweet meat or fish.
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Plaesing to the mind; mild; gentle; calm; amiable; winning; presuasive; as, sweet manners.
Canst thou bind the sweet influence of Pleiades?
Mildness and sweet reasonableness is the one established rule of Christian working.
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That which is sweet to the taste; - used chiefly in the plural.
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That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume.
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That which is pleasing or grateful to the mind; as, the sweets of domestic life.
A little bitter mingled in our cup leaves no relish of the sweet.
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One who is dear to another; a darling; - a term of endearment.
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Sweetly.
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To sweeten.
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English phonetician; one of the founders of modern phonetics (1845-1912)
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A dish served as the last course of a meal
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A food rich in sugar
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The taste experience when sugar dissolves in the mouth
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The property of containing sugar
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Having a pleasant taste (as of sugar)
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Having a sweet nature befitting an angel or cherub;
An angelic smile
A cherubic face
Looking so seraphic when he slept
A sweet disposition
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Pleasing to the ear;
The dulcet tones of the cello
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One of the four basic taste sensations; very pleasant; like the taste of sugar or honey
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Pleasing to the senses;
The sweet song of the lark
The sweet face of a child
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Pleasing to the mind or feeling;
Sweet revenge
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Having a natural fragrance;
Odoriferous spices
The odorous air of the orchard
The perfumed air of June
Scented flowers
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(used of wines) having a sweet taste
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Not soured or preserved;
Sweet milk
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With sweetening added
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Not having a salty taste;
Sweet water
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In an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly');
Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly
How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank
Talking sweet to each other
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