The difference between Beautiful and Great

When used as adjectives, beautiful means attractive and possessing beauty, whereas great means relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i.&nbsp.

Great is also interjection with the meaning: expression of gladness and content about something.

Great is also noun with the meaning: a person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.

Great is also adverb with the meaning: very well.

check bellow for the other definitions of Beautiful and Great

Beautiful as an adjective:

Attractive and possessing beauty.

Examples:

"Anyone who has ever met her thought she was absolutely beautiful."

"There's a beautiful lake by the town."
Beautiful as an adjective (of the weather):

Pleasant; clear.

Examples:

"It's beautiful outside, let's go for a walk."
Beautiful as an adjective:

Well executed.

Examples:

"The skater performed a beautiful [[axel]]."

Great as an adjective:

Relatively large in scale, size, extent, number (i. e. having many parts or members) or duration (i. e. relatively long); very big.

Examples:

"A great storm is approaching our shores."

"a great assembly"

"a great wait"
Great as an adjective:

Of larger size or more importance than others of its kind.

Examples:

"the great auk"
Great as an adjective (qualifying nouns of family relationship):

Involving more generations than the word qualified implies (from 1510s). [see Derived terms]

Examples:

"'great-grandfather"
Great as an adjective (obsolete, postpositive, followed by 'with'):

Pregnant; large with young; full of.

Examples:

"'great with child"

"'great with hope"
Great as an adjective (obsolete, except with 'friend' and similar words such as 'mate','buddy'):

Intimate; familiar.
Great as an adjective:

Extreme or more than usual.

Examples:

"'great worry"
Great as an adjective:

Of significant importance or consequence; important.

Examples:

"a great decision"
Great as an adjective (applied to actions, thoughts and feelings):

Arising from or possessing idealism; admirable; superior; commanding; heroic; illustrious; eminent.

Examples:

"a great deed"

"a great nature"

"a great history"
Great as an adjective:

Impressive or striking.

Examples:

"a great show of wealth"
Great as an adjective:

Much in use; favoured.

Examples:

"Poetry was a great convention of the Romantic era."
Great as an adjective (applied to persons):

Endowed with extraordinary powers; of exceptional talents or achievements; uncommonly gifted; able to accomplish vast results; remarkable; strong; powerful; mighty; noble.

Examples:

"a great hero, scholar, genius, philosopher, writer etc."
Great as an adjective:

Title referring to an important leader.

Examples:

"Alexander the Great'"
Great as an adjective:

Doing or exemplifying (a characteristic or pursuit) on a large scale; active or enthusiastic.

Examples:

"What a great buffoon!"

"He's not a great one for reading."

"a great walker"
Great as an adjective (often followed by 'at'):

Skilful or adroit.

Examples:

"a great carpenter"

"You are great at singing."
Great as an adjective (informal):

Very good; excellent; wonderful; fantastic (from 1848).

Examples:

"Dinner was great."
Great as an adjective (informal, British):

Intensifying a word or expression, used in mild oaths.

Examples:

"a dirty great smack in the face"

"'Great Scott!"

Great as a noun:

A person of major significance, accomplishment or acclaim.

Examples:

"Newton and Einstein are two of the greats of the history of science."
Great as a noun (music):

The main division in a pipe organ, usually the loudest division.

Great as an adverb:

very well

Examples:

"Those mechanical colored pencils work great because they don't have to be sharpened."

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