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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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make life enjoyable

A few new items will make our life more enjoyable/pleasant.

This film is quite enjoyable/pleasant.

We had an enjoyable/pleasant weekend.

Are "enjoyable" and "pleasant" interchangeable and synonymous in all of the above contexts? Thanks.
  

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Almost, but not entirely. "Pleasant" carries a sense of "niceness" and perhaps calm. I could go whitewater rafting, bungee jumping, and skydiving, and consider it enjoyable , but I wouldn't use pleasant .

— BarbaraPA

  • Almost, but not entirely.
  • "Pleasant" carries a sense of "niceness" and perhaps calm.
  • I could go whitewater rafting, bungee jumping, and skydiving, and consider it enjoyable , but I wouldn't use pleasant .
  • ) you might consider such a movie enjoyable , but not call it pleasant .
  • However, if your weekend consisted of reading a book on the porch of your mountain cabin and snoozing in the hammock, then either word would work well for me.
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Almost, but not entirely. "Pleasant" carries a sense of "niceness" and perhaps calm.

I could go whitewater rafting, bungee jumping, and skydiving, and consider it enjoyable, but I wouldn't use pleasant.

Similarly, if your taste in movie includes horror films (mine doesn't!) you might consider such a movie enjoyable, but not call it pleasant.

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Thanks, GG.

Then, what are the synonyms of "enjoyable?"
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Have you tried thesaurus.com?

http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/enjoyable ?

My only problem with a thesaurus is that I get completely distracted by possible suggestions and start imagining scenarios in which I'd use some
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Grammar GeekHave you tried thesaurus.com?

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My only problem with a thesaurus is that I get completely distracted by possible suggestionsand start imagining scenarios in which I'd use some of them. This time, it happened with "groovy." Don't use that one.
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