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Glad vs. Happy

Glad and Happy Definitions

Glad

Experiencing or exhibiting joy and pleasure.

Happy

Enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure, satisfaction, or joy
A happy child.
The happiest day of my life.

Glad

Appreciative
Was glad to be home.

Happy

Cheerful; willing
Happy to help.

Glad

Providing joy and pleasure
A glad occasion.

Happy

Characterized by good luck
A happy sequence of events.
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Glad

Very willing; pleased
Glad to help.

Happy

Being especially well-adapted; felicitous
A happy turn of phrase.

Glad

To gladden.

Happy

Characterized by a spontaneous or obsessive inclination to use something. Often used in combination
Trigger-happy.

Glad

A gladiolus.

Happy

Enthusiastic about or involved with to a disproportionate degree. Often used in combination
Money-happy.
Clothes-happy.
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Glad

Pleased, happy, gratified.
I'm glad the rain has finally stopped.

Happy

Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.
Music makes me feel happy.

Glad

(obsolete) Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness.

Happy

Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.

Glad

To make glad.

Happy

Content, willing, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).
Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?
Yes, I am happy with the decision.
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Glad

Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; - opposed to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; - said of persons, and often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason.
A wise son maketh a glad father.
He that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.
The Trojan, glad with sight of hostile blood.
He, glad of her attention gained.
As we are now glad to behold your eyes.
Glad am I that your highness is so armed.

Happy

(Of acts, speech, etc.) Appropriate, apt, felicitous.
A happy coincidence

Glad

Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.
Her conversationMore glad to me than to a miser money is.
Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day.

Happy

(in combination) Favoring or inclined to use.
Slaphappy, trigger-happy

Glad

To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.
That which gladded all the warrior train.
Each drinks the juice that glads the heart of man.

Happy

Dexterous, ready, skilful.

Glad

To be glad; to rejoice.

Happy

Implying 'May you have a happy ~' or similar; used in phrases to wish someone happiness or good fortune at the time of a festival, celebration, or other event or activity.
Happy birthday!, Happy Fourth of July!, Happy anniversary!, Happy job-hunting!

Glad

Showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy;
Glad you are here
Glad that they succeeded
Gave a glad shout
A glad smile
Heard the glad news
A glad occasion

Happy

A happy event, thing, person, etc.

Glad

(`lief' is archaic) very willing;
Was lief to go
Glad to help

Happy

Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.

Glad

Feeling happy appreciation;
Glad of the fire's warmth

Happy

Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.

Glad

Cheerful and bright;
A beaming smile
A glad May morning

Happy

Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen.
Chymists have been more happy in finding experiments than the causes of them.

Happy

Experiencing the effect of favorable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous; as, happy hours, happy thoughts.
Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.
The learned is happy Nature to explore,The fool is happy that he knows no more.

Happy

Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.
One gentleman is happy at a reply, another excels in a in a rejoinder.

Happy

Enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure or good fortune;
A happy smile
Spent many happy days on the beach
A happy marriage

Happy

Experiencing pleasure or joy;
Happy you are here
Pleased with the good news

Happy

Marked by good fortune;
A felicitous life
A happy outcome

Happy

Satisfied; enjoying well-being and contentment;
Felt content with her lot
Quite happy to let things go on as they are

Happy

Exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation

Happy

Well expressed and to the point;
A happy turn of phrase
A few well-chosen words
A felicitous comment

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