The difference between Beautiful and Nice
When used as adjectives, beautiful means attractive and possessing beauty, whereas nice means pleasant, satisfactory.
Nice is also noun with the meaning: niceness.
Nice is also adverb with the meaning: nicely.
Nice is also verb with the meaning: to run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.
check bellow for the other definitions of Beautiful and Nice
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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."
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Beautiful as an adjective (of the weather):
Pleasant; clear.
Examples:
"It's beautiful outside, let's go for a walk."
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Beautiful as an adjective:
Well executed.
Examples:
"The skater performed a beautiful [[axel]]."
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Nice as an adjective:
Pleasant, satisfactory.
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Nice as an adjective:
Of a person: friendly, attractive.
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Nice as an adjective:
Respectable; virtuous.
Examples:
"What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?"
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Nice as an adjective:
With "and", shows that the given adjective is desirable: pleasantly.
Examples:
"The soup is nice and hot."
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Nice as an adjective (obsolete):
Silly, ignorant; foolish.
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Nice as an adjective (now, rare):
Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.
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Nice as an adjective (obsolete):
Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.
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Nice as an adjective:
Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
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Nice as an adjective (obsolete):
Easily injured; delicate; dainty.
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Nice as an adjective (obsolete):
Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.
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Nice as an adverb (colloquial):
Nicely.
Examples:
"Children, play nice."
"He dresses real nice."
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Nice as a noun:
niceness.
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Nice as a verb (transitive, computing, Unix):
To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.
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