Grin vs. Smile
By Muazma Batool — Published on April 25, 2023
Difference Between Grin and Smile
◉Grin
To smile broadly, often baring the teeth, as in amusement, glee, embarrassment, or other strong emotion.
Muazma Batool◉Smile
A facial expression characterized by an upward curving of the corners of the mouth and indicating pleasure, amusement, or derision.
◉Smile
To express cheerful acceptance or equanimity
We smiled at the bad weather and kept going.
◉Smile
A facial expression comprised by flexing the muscles of both ends of one's mouth, often showing the front teeth, without vocalisation, and in humans is a common involuntary or voluntary expression of happiness, pleasure, amusement, goodwill, or anxiety.
She's got a perfect smile.
He has a sinister smile.
She had a smile on her face.
He always puts a smile on my face.
◉Grin
(intransitive) To smile, parting the lips so as to show the teeth.
Why do you grin?
Did I say something funny?
◉Smile
(ambitransitive) To have (a smile) on one's face.
When you smile, the whole world smiles with you.
I don't know what he's smiling about.
She smiles a beautiful smile.
◉Grin
(transitive) To grin as part of producing a particular facial expression, such as a smile or sneer.
He grinned a broad smile when I told him the result.
He grinned a cruel sneer when I begged him to stop.
◉Grin
The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or sneering smile.
He showed twenty teeth at a grin.
◉Smile
(intransitive) To look cheerful and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy.
The sun smiled down from a clear summer sky.
◉Smile
(intransitive) To be propitious or favourable; to countenance.
The gods smiled on his labours.
◉Grin
To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laughter, scorn, or pain.
The pangs of death do make him grin.
◉Smile
To express amusement, pleasure, moderate joy, or love and kindness, by the features of the face; to laugh silently.
He doth nothing but frown. . . . He hears merry tales and smiles not.
She smiled to see the doughty hero slain.
When last I saw thy young blue eyes, they smiled.
◉Smile
To express slight contempt by a look implying sarcasm or pity; to sneer.
'T was what I said to Craggs and Child,Who praised my modesty, and smiled.
◉Grin
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
◉Smile
To look gay and joyous; to have an appearance suited to excite joy; as, smiling spring; smiling plenty.
The desert smiled,And paradise was opened in the wild.
◉Smile
To be propitious or favorable; to favor; to countenance; - often with on; as, to smile on one's labors.
◉Smile
To affect in a certain way with a smile.
And sharply smile prevailing folly dead.
◉Smile
The act of smiling; a peculiar change or brightening of the face, which expresses pleasure, moderate joy, mirth, approbation, or kindness; - opposed to frown.
Sweet intercourseOf looks and smiles: for smiles from reason flow.
◉Smile
A somewhat similar expression of countenance, indicative of satisfaction combined with malevolent feelings, as contempt, scorn, etc; as, a scornful smile.
◉Smile
Gay or joyous appearance; as, the smiles of spring.
The brightness of their [the flowers'] smile was gone.
◉Smile
a facial expression characterized by turning up the corners of the mouth; usually shows pleasure or amusement
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