The difference between Beautiful and Lovely

When used as adjectives, beautiful means attractive and possessing beauty, whereas lovely means beautiful.


Lovely is also noun with the meaning: an attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.

Lovely is also adverb with the meaning: in a lovely fashion or manner.

check bellow for the other definitions of Beautiful and Lovely

  1. 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."

  2. Beautiful as an adjective (of the weather):

    Pleasant; clear.

    Examples:

    "It's beautiful outside, let's go for a walk."

  3. Beautiful as an adjective:

    Well executed.

    Examples:

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

  1. Lovely as an adjective:

    Beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner.

    Examples:

    "It's a lovely day and the sun is shining."

    "The music box plays a lovely melody."

    "The castle garden enchants visitors with its lovely blooms."

  2. Lovely as an adjective:

    Very nice, wonderful.

    Examples:

    "It would be lovely to have a little more money to spend."

  3. Lovely as an adjective (obsolete):

    Inspiring love or friendship; amiable.

  4. Lovely as an adjective (obsolete):

    Loving, filled with love.

  1. Lovely as an adverb (informal):

    In a lovely fashion or manner; beautifully.

  1. Lovely as a noun (informal):

    An attractive, lovely person, especially a (professional) beauty.

    Examples:

    "a calendar depicting young lovelies in bikinis"

  2. Lovely as a noun:

    Examples:

    "Goodbye, my lovely."

  3. Lovely as a noun:

    A lovely object.

  1. Lovely as an adjective:

    Worthy of praise.