Joy vs. Bliss — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Joy and Bliss
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Definitions
Joy
The word joy means a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.
Bliss
Perfect happiness; great joy
She gave a sigh of bliss
Joy
Intense and especially ecstatic or exultant happiness, or an instance of such feeling.
Bliss
Reach a state of perfect happiness, oblivious of everything else
Josh is just blissed out, always smiling
Blissed-out hippies
Joy
An expression of such feeling.
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Bliss
Extreme happiness; ecstasy.
Joy
A source or an object of joy
Their only child, their pride and joy.
Bliss
The ecstasy of salvation; spiritual joy.
Joy
To take great pleasure; rejoice.
Bliss
Perfect happiness.
The afternoon at the spa was utter bliss.
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Joy
To fill with ecstatic happiness, pleasure, or satisfaction.
Bliss
Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy.
An then at last our blissFull and perfect is.
Joy
To enjoy.
Bliss
A state of extreme happiness
Joy
A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.
A child's joy on Christmas morning
They will be a source of strength and joy in your life.
Joy
Anything that causes such a feeling.
The joys and demands of parenthood
Joy
Luck or success; a positive outcome.
Joy
(obsolete) The sign or exhibition of joy; gaiety; merriment; festivity.
Joy
(intransitive) To feel joy, to rejoice.
Joy
To enjoy.
Joy
To give joy to; to congratulate.
Joy
To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.
Joy
The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.
Her heavenly form beheld, all wished her joy.
Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.
Who, for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame.
Tears of true joy for his return.
Joy is a delight of the mind, from the consideration of the present or assured approaching possession of a good.
Joy
That which causes joy or happiness.
For ye are our glory and joy.
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Joy
The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.
Such joy made Una, when her knight she found.
The roofs with joy resound.
Joy
To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
I will joy in the God of my salvation.
In whose sight all things joy.
Joy
To give joy to; to congratulate.
To joy the friend, or grapple with the foe.
Joy
To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.
Neither pleasure's art can joy my spirits.
Joy
To enjoy.
Who might have lived and joyed immortal bliss.
Joy
The emotion of great happiness
Joy
Something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness;
A joy to behold
The pleasure of his company
The new car is a delight
Joy
Feel happiness or joy
Joy
Make glad or happy
