Niche vs. Nice — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Niche and Nice
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Definitions
Niche
A recess in a wall, as for holding a statue or urn.
Nice
Nice ( NEESS, French: [nis]; Nissard Occitan: Niça, classical norm, or Nissa, nonstandard, pronounced [ˈnisa]; Italian: Nizza [ˈnittsa]; Ancient Greek: Νίκαια; Latin: Nicaea) is the seventh most populous urban area in France and the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes department. The metropolitan area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly 1 million on an area of 744 km2 (287 sq mi).
Niche
A cranny, hollow, or crevice, as in rock.
Nice
Giving pleasure or satisfaction; pleasant or attractive
We had a very nice time
Niche
A situation or activity specially suited to a person's interests, abilities, or nature
Found her niche in life.
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Nice
(especially of a difference) slight or subtle
There is a nice distinction between self-sacrifice and martyrdom
Niche
A special area of demand for a product or service
“One niche that is approaching mass-market proportions is held by regional magazines” (Brad Edmondson).
Nice
Fastidious; scrupulous.
Niche
The function or position of an organism or population within an ecological community.
Nice
A resort city on the French Riviera, near the border with Italy; population 348,721 (2007).
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Niche
The range of environmental conditions within which the members of a given species can survive and reproduce.
Nice
Pleasing and agreeable in nature
Had a nice time.
A nice person.
Niche
To place in a niche.
Nice
Having a pleasant or attractive appearance
A nice dress.
A nice face.
Niche
(architectural element) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament.
Nice
Exhibiting courtesy and politeness
A nice gesture.
Niche
Any similar position, literal or figurative.
Nice
Of good character and reputation; respectable.
Niche
Specifically, a cremation niche; a columbarium.
Nice
Overdelicate or fastidious; fussy.
Niche
(ecology) A function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited.
Nice
Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle
A nice distinction.
A nice sense of style.
Niche
(by extension) Any position of opportunity for which one is well-suited, such as a particular market in business.
Nice
Done with delicacy and skill
A nice bit of craft.
Niche
(Islam) An arrow woven into a prayer rug pointing in the direction of qibla.
Nice
Used as an intensive with and
Nice and warm.
Niche
(transitive) To place in a niche.
A niched vase
Nice
Wanton; profligate
"For when mine hours / Were nice and lucky, men did ransom lives / Of me for jests" (Shakespeare).
Niche
To specialize in a niche, or particular narrow section of the market.
Nice
Affectedly modest; coy
"Ere ... / The nice Morn on th' Indian steep, / From her cabin'd loop-hole peep" (John Milton).
Niche
Pertaining to or intended for a market niche; having specific appeal.
Niche products
Niche audience
Nice
Pleasant, satisfactory.
Niche
A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament. Hence, any similar position, literal or figurative.
Images defended from the injuries of the weather by niches of stone wherein they are placed.
Nice
Of a person: friendly, attractive.
Niche
A position particularly well suited to the person who occupies it;
He found his niche in the academic world
Nice
Respectable; virtuous.
What is a nice person like you doing in a place like this?
Niche
A small concavity
Nice
Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite.
The soup is nice and hot.
Niche
An enclosure that is set back or indented
Nice
Showing refinement or delicacy, proper, seemly
A nice way of putting it
Niche
(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)
Nice
(obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.
Nice
Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy.
Nice
(dated) Having particular tastes; fussy, fastidious.
Nice
(obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.
Nice
Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.
Nice
(obsolete) Easily injured; delicate; dainty.
Nice
(obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.
Nice
(colloquial) Nicely.
Children, play nice.
He dresses real nice.
Nice
Used to signify a job well done.
Nice! I couldn't have done better.
Nice
Used to signify approval.
Is that your new car? Nice!
Nice
Niceness.
Nice
To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.
Nice
Foolish; silly; simple; ignorant; also, weak; effeminate.
But say that we ben wise and nothing nice.
Nice
Of trifling moment; unimportant; trivial.
The letter was not nice, but full of chargeOf dear import.
Nice
Overscrupulous or exacting; hard to please or satisfy; fastidious in small matters.
Curious not knowing, not exact but nice.
And to tasteThink not I shall be nice.
Nice
Delicate; refined; dainty; pure.
Dear love, continue nice and chaste.
A nice and subtile happiness.
Nice
Apprehending slight differences or delicate distinctions; distinguishing accurately or minutely; carefully discriminating; as, a nice taste or judgment.
Nice
Done or made with careful labor; suited to excite admiration on account of exactness; evidencing great skill; exact; fine; finished; as, nice proportions, nice workmanship, a nice application; exactly or fastidiously discriminated; requiring close discrimination; as, a nice point of law, a nice distinction in philosophy.
The difference is too niceWhere ends the virtue, or begins the vice.
Nice
Pleasing; agreeable; gratifying; delightful; good; as, a nice party; a nice excursion; a nice day; a nice sauce, etc.
Nice
Pleasant; kind; as, a nice person.
Nice
Well-mannered; well-behaved; as, nice children.
He's making a list, checking it twice.Gonna find out who's naughty or nice Santa Claus is coming to town.
Nice
A city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera
Nice
Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance;
What a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nasty
Nice manners
A nice dress
A nice face
A nice day
Had a nice time at the party
The corn and tomatoes are nice today
Nice
Socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;
From a decent family
A nice girl
Nice
Done with delicacy and skill;
A nice bit of craft
A job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer
A nice shot
Nice
Excessively fastidious and easily disgusted;
Too nice about his food to take to camp cooking
So squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow
Nice
Noting distinctions with nicety;
A discriminating interior designer
A nice sense of color
A nice point in the argument
Nice
Exhibiting courtesy and politeness;
A nice gesture
