Delicious vs. Nice

Delicious vs. Nice — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Delicious and Nice

Deliciousadjective

Pleasing to taste; tasty.

Niceadjective

Pleasant, satisfactory.

Deliciousadjective

(colloquial) Metaphorically pleasing to taste; pleasing to the eyes or mind.

The irony is delicious!

Niceadjective

Of a person: friendly, attractive.

Deliciousadjective

(slang) Having tremendous sex appeal.

Niceadjective

Respectable; virtuous.

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

variety of sweet eating apples

Niceadjective

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

The soup is nice and hot.

Deliciousadjective

greatly pleasing or entertaining;

a delightful surprisethe comedy was delightfula delicious joke

Niceadjective

(obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish.

Deliciousadjective

extremely pleasing to the sense of taste

Niceadjective

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

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Niceadjective

(obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict.

Niceadjective

Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle.

Niceadjective

(obsolete) Easily injured; delicate; dainty.

Niceadjective

(obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky.

Niceadverb

(colloquial) Nicely.

Children, play nice.He dresses real nice.

Niceinterjection

Used to signify a job well done.

Nice! I couldn't have done better.

Niceinterjection

Used to signify approval.

Is that your new car? Nice!

Nicenoun

niceness.

Niceverb

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

Nicenoun

a city in southeastern France on the Mediterranean; the leading resort on the French Riviera

Niceadjective

pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in nature or appearance;

what a nice fellow you are and we all thought you so nastynice mannersa nice dressa nice facea nice dayhad a nice time at the partythe corn and tomatoes are nice today

Niceadjective

socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;

from a decent familya nice girl

Niceadjective

done with delicacy and skill;

a nice bit of crafta job requiring nice measurements with a micrometera nice shot

Niceadjective

excessively fastidious and easily disgusted;

too nice about his food to take to camp cookingso squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow

Niceadjective

noting distinctions with nicety;

a discriminating interior designera nice sense of colora nice point in the argument

Niceadjective

exhibiting courtesy and politeness;

a nice gesture