The difference between Naughty and Nice

When used as adjectives, naughty means mischievous, 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 Naughty and Nice

  1. Naughty as an adjective:

    Mischievous; tending to misbehave or act badly (especially of a child).

    Examples:

    "Some naughty boys at school hid the teacher's lesson notes."

  2. Naughty as an adjective:

    Sexually provocative; now in weakened sense, risqué, cheeky.

    Examples:

    "I bought some naughty lingerie for my honeymoon."

    "If I see you send another naughty email to your friends, you will be forbidden from using the computer!"

  3. Naughty as an adjective (now, _, rare, archaic):

    Evil, wicked, morally reprehensible.

  4. Naughty as an adjective (obsolete):

    Bad, worthless, substandard.

  1. Nice as an adjective:

    Pleasant, satisfactory.

  2. Nice as an adjective:

    Of a person: friendly, attractive.

  3. Nice as an adjective:

    Respectable; virtuous.

    Examples:

    "What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?"

  4. Nice as an adjective:

    With "and", shows that the given adjective is desirable: pleasantly.

    Examples:

    "The soup is nice and hot."

  5. Nice as an adjective (obsolete):

    Silly, ignorant; foolish.

  6. Nice as an adjective (now, rare):

    Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.

  7. Nice as an adjective (obsolete):

    Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.

  8. Nice as an adjective:

    Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.

  9. Nice as an adjective (obsolete):

    Easily injured; delicate; dainty.

  10. Nice as an adjective (obsolete):

    Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.

  1. Nice as an adverb (colloquial):

    Nicely.

    Examples:

    "Children, play nice."

    "He dresses real nice."

  1. Nice as a noun:

    niceness.

  1. Nice as a verb (transitive, computing, Unix):

    To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.