What's the difference between blissful and joyous?

Blissful


Definition:

  • (a.) Full of, characterized by, or causing, joy and felicity; happy in the highest degree.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The month was bliss for the residents, but once the road reopened the traffic worsened with a corresponding effect on the quality of air.
  • (2) Rob Bliss, who runs a viral video marketing agency, created and directed the video in association with Hollaback , a New York-based group dedicated to ending street harassment .
  • (3) On involvement with the guru and a new 'family,' the experienced increased well-being and periods of bliss, and their acceptance of mystic Hindu beliefs was solidified.
  • (4) She told the audience: “Today, of course, for those of you who have been blissfully off of Twitter, the House of Representatives jammed through a bill that really very few members of Congress, I think, had read.
  • (5) Your blissfully suspended disbelief comes crashing back down to marketing-strategised reality.
  • (6) Their psychoses can be classified as benefaction or blissfulness psychoses.
  • (7) Just when Poland seemed to be labouring, two touches of blissful simplicity hauled them level.
  • (8) I think some would almost rather live in blissful ignorance for now."
  • (9) There was even a genuinely moving soft metal version of You’ll Never Walk Alone, sung by the entire stadium, the night transformed suddenly into a huge blissfully teary family wedding.
  • (10) 'We built a piece of the red planet in California' SC Everybody wanted to do some blissful tropical island planet, but nobody wanted it to look like a standard blissful tropical environment we're familiar with here on Earth, because that doesn't feel like you're going any place special, it just feels like vacation.
  • (11) In fact charm and magic refer to the same phenomenon, the promise of blissful sleep at the breast of Mother, the omnipotent charmer.
  • (12) Consequently, BLISS will be a useful screening tool during the rehabilitation selection process.
  • (13) The right has spent almost every moment of the last six years painting leftists as people gazing in blissful awe at Obama.
  • (14) Ignorance of the scale of the challenge can sometimes be bliss, he added: “You can be halfway up the mountain before you realise what the challenges are.” Stapleton’s keynote speech was followed by a panel discussion by the owners of three very different businesses: Joanna Montgomery, who founded Little Riot , which makes Pillow Talk wristbands; Nick Edwards, founder of software company Papaya Resources ; and Arpana Gandhi, who founded Disarmco , a company that has developed a safe way of disposing of landmines and other unexploded ordnance (explosive weapons).
  • (15) Wordsworth's French revolution paen, "Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven!"
  • (16) The results indicate a high degree of accuracy compared with calculations performed by Bliss.
  • (17) He is blissfully oblivious to both the biological challenges and the political ramifications of his question.
  • (18) If that makes you mad or perplexed, might I recommend downloading Vine , following DeStorm Power , and forgetting your troubles for seven blissful seconds.
  • (19) The Chihuahua desert city had grown rapidly over the years, because of the Fort Bliss military base and migration from Mexico.
  • (20) Chief constable Andy Bliss, national policing lead for drugs, said: "Enforcement of the qat ban will be firm but proportionate."

Joyous


Definition:

  • (a.) Glad; gay; merry; joyful; also, affording or inspiring joy; with of before the word or words expressing the cause of joy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) From the genesis of the thing – pop stars dropping plans to perform; Greater Manchester police working to make it operationally possible; the footballer Michael Carrick moving his career testimonial match forward by two hours ; everything was about making things that little bit less crap, and dare I say it – out and out joyous.
  • (2) "Feedback in the comments shows at times a truly shocking picture of experiences that should be the most joyous time in a woman's life, not the most frightening", Richards added.
  • (3) But this was a thoroughly joyous and well-crafted farewell.
  • (4) At least the joyous delirium gave Drogba and, most likely, Petr Cech fitting sendoffs after glittering careers in these parts.
  • (5) His players paraded the Europa League trophy on the pitch after securing third place here, both achievements that would normally merit acclaim, but the interim manager remained inside while his coaching staff joined the joyous throng out on the turf.
  • (6) In a prepared statement, Ken and Toni Cameron said: "We are happy that justice for Stephen has been done, but this is not a joyous occasion.
  • (7) For Hull's manager, Steve Bruce, it was a joyous way to end a year that has seen him take the club to an unlikely promotion and make big strides towards keeping them in the top flight.
  • (8) The smaller rabbits can be a harder target for the rifle but are my preferred choice: the best rabbits are less than six months old, a fair size for a good feed, but joyously tender.
  • (9) Like me, he recalls that Ramadan used to be a joyous time to spend with your family.
  • (10) That universe is a wonderful place: Thomas Jefferson (Daveed Digs) swans around it joyously swinging a cane, wearing a purple crushed velvet suit loud enough to shame Prince, engaging with other politicians in throwdowns that look considerably more fun than anything on C-Span.
  • (11) In some senses Boyle's exuberant vision appeared to have been conceived not only in response to the regimented order of Beijing, but also to the joyous but deferential spirit of the recent jubilee.
  • (12) The heat, the intensity, the life-and-death emotional investment and sheer joyousness of the players are an enormous pleasure to watch.
  • (13) Sonia Heyes, 52, a mother of two, was wearing the T-shirt she had hand-printed for the joyous trip to Wembley.
  • (14) From the early hours of Saturday after provisional results emerged, Kenyatta's joyous supporters thronged the streets of Nairobi and his tribal strongholds, lighting fluorescent flares and waving tree branches and chanting: "Uhuru, Uhuru".
  • (15) The California attorney general and Senate candidate Kamala Harris spoke about persistence in the face of prejudice and called for victory in 2016; outgoing senator Barbara Mikulski made a joyous, ferocious call for women to organize politically; Emily’s List founder Ellen Malcolm spoke fondly of the group’s humble origins to the “18 million cracks in the ceiling” created by Clinton’s 2007 primary campaign; Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and former representative Gabby Giffords spoke proudly of the newest figures of the group; and Senator Al Franken spoke fondly of the lot and cracked jokes whenever able: “First of all, I apologize for being a guy.” Nearly all called for Clinton to run, and Mikulski, Pelosi and others declared her victory certain.
  • (16) Fraser – a long-time advocate of freebirth who ran a website called Joyous Birth – was unrepentant.
  • (17) It was a common sentiment on a joyous, if grey and blustery day.
  • (18) They meet on Pooley’s day off, descending into joyous laughter before they embrace as only survivors do in a country running on a “no touch” policy.
  • (19) The festival is about reminding ourselves of our own creativity, adaptability and potential for joyously making our own change, rather than miserably waiting for others to fail to bring it.
  • (20) But these people weren’t part of a local carnival, art event or other joyous celebration.