What's the difference between enjoy and relish?

Enjoy


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainties of a feast; to enjoy conversation.
  • (v. t.) To have, possess, and use with satisfaction; to occupy or have the benefit of, as a good or profitable thing, or as something desirable; as, to enjoy a free constitution and religious liberty.
  • (v. t.) To have sexual intercourse with.
  • (v. i.) To take satisfaction; to live in happiness.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Over the past decade, the quinolone antimicrobial class has enjoyed a renaissance with the emergence of the fluoroquinolone subclass.
  • (2) They include two leading Republican hopefuls for the presidential race in 2016, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio; three of them enjoy A+ rankings from the NRA and a further eight are listed A. Rand Paul of Kentucky The junior senator's penchant for filibusters became famous during his nearly 13-hour speech against the use unmanned drones, and he is one of three senators who sent an initial missive to Reid , warning him of another verbose round.
  • (3) Of course it is important to ensure shareholders enjoy the benefits of investing in the company, they are the owners.
  • (4) As a strategy to reach hungry schoolchildren, and increase domestic food production, household incomes and food security in deprived communities, the GSFP has become a very popular programme with the Ghanaian public, and enjoys solid commitment from the government.
  • (5) #kflead May 21, 2014 The King's Fund IKS (@kingsfund_lib) Hope you enjoyed @GregSearle2012 's #kflead workshop!
  • (6) The nurses who enjoyed the field most were of the androgynous or masculine type and had high levels of self-esteem.
  • (7) For now however, what’s left of their fan base are enjoying a rare burst of sunshine.
  • (8) Until the bell, 19-year-old Lizzie Armitstead figured strongly in a leading group of 12 that at one point enjoyed a two-minute lead, racing comfortably alongside the Olympic time-trial champion Kristin Armstrong.
  • (9) They anticipated the following scenario: a struggling club fires its manager and enjoys an immediate upsurge.
  • (10) Those are our picks, but what have you been enjoying on Android this week?
  • (11) With this technique, both FP and UC patients enjoyed excellent or good function in 90% of the cases.
  • (12) I suppose he’ll have to go to QPR.” Lampard released a statement confirming his departure from Chelsea that read: “When I arrived at this fantastic club 13 years ago I would never have believed that I would be fortunate enough to play so many games and enjoy sharing in so much success.
  • (13) Delabole residents Susan and John Theobald said: “We’ve always enjoyed being around the turbines and have often walked right up to them with our dogs.
  • (14) As well as enjoying access to a number of RAF bases, the agency has been flying in and out of civilian airports across the country.
  • (15) The survey also found that department stores – which include general retailers such as Marks & Spencer as well as traditional outlets such as John Lewis – had enjoyed their strongest surge in sales for 30 years.
  • (16) In an official response to the EU Brexit negotiating team, British in Europe and the3million have said that if May’s proposal is adopted it would represent a “severe reduction of the current rights” enjoyed by Britons in Europe.
  • (17) We’ve got to enjoy this because we might never get the opportunity to do this again.
  • (18) As well as a portrait of Austen, the new note will include images of her writing desk and quills at Chawton Cottage, in Hampshire, where she lived; her brother's home, Godmersham Park, which she visited often, and is thought to have inspired some of her novels, and a quote from Miss Bingley, in Pride and Prejudice: "I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!"
  • (19) The latest filed accounts show Coates and her family have started to enjoy the fruits of their labour, sharing almost £75m in dividends over three years.
  • (20) Saudi Arabia As one might imagine, Saudi television rather wants for the bounty we enjoy here - reality shows in which footballers' mistresses administer handjobs to barnyard animals, and all those other things which make living in the godless west such a pleasure.

Relish


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To taste or eat with pleasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to relish food.
  • (v. t.) To give a relish to; to cause to taste agreeably.
  • (v. i.) To have a pleasing or appetizing taste; to give gratification; to have a flavor.
  • (n.) A pleasing taste; flavor that gratifies the palate; hence, enjoyable quality; power of pleasing.
  • (n.) Savor; quality; characteristic tinge.
  • (n.) A taste for; liking; appetite; fondness.
  • (n.) That which is used to impart a flavor; specifically, something taken with food to render it more palatable or to stimulate the appetite; a condiment.
  • (n.) The projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Having long been accustomed to being the butt of other politicians' jokes, however, Farage is relishing what may yet become the last laugh.
  • (2) In government, Abbott had relished the daily combat but his officials complained he wasn’t enamoured by detailed policy work.
  • (3) Moyes is relishing the visit by Chelsea and said: "I came for this sort of level but I came to win trophies and if you are going to win them then you do need to beat teams like Chelsea and Manchester City because that's the way our league is.
  • (4) On the other hand, if past experience is anything to go by, this government isn’t shy of a U-turn ; and, if Whittingdale and his advisers aren’t completely deaf, they may at least detect that he would do well to keep the relish out of his voice as he announces the steps he intends to take.
  • (5) Moses buzzed about with intent, while Cesc Fàbregas relished a forward role tucked just behind Costa.
  • (6) "He made the law seem interesting, which it isn't, and he played his part with enormous relish."
  • (7) The former Tours player is, meanwhile, relishing the challenge of such a step up in class.
  • (8) As he described, with something approaching relish, the horrifying effect of a desperate eurozone willing to destroy the British economy, our industry and our society, purely to protect itself, I was reminded of the epic Last Judgement by John Martin, now in the Tate, which depicts the terrifying chaos as the good are separated from the evil damned.
  • (9) Grigson is clearly relishing the task ahead, having already toured major investors and playing a key role in the pay dispute, which ultimately resulted in Sly Bailey stepping down after a decade running the publisher of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror, People and 140 regional newspapers late on Thursday.
  • (10) Local MPs accused the 54-year-old American of "relishing antagonistic confrontation" during negotiations with unions over the future of the TCP plant.
  • (11) Kadyrov has warmed to the foreign agent theme with relish.
  • (12) Once he gets that power, he starts relishing that side of his personality.” Claflin is an earthy, unassuming sort; even acting hasn’t given him airs and graces.
  • (13) In theory, Beijing could step in to stop him being sent back, but it would be unlikely to relish an all-out public row with the US .
  • (14) A war between local parties and the parliamentary Labour party is not something Corbyn would relish.
  • (15) Eighteen-year-old Zhu Guilin said he usually preferred pop music, but relished competing with his class in the red song competitions that swept Chongqing at Bo's behest.
  • (16) We may never know what Dimbleby really thinks about Griffin's appearance on Question Time because he is careful to avoid expressing an opinion, although he seems to relish wading into the BBC's internal politics and is one of the few presenters who can get away with chastising his bosses.
  • (17) Disaster awaits a Conservative government that appears to relish the cuts it makes.
  • (18) Merkel grimly submitted to an executive fashion makeover after the media sneered at her frumpy look; now she clearly relishes shining out in jewel-toned jackets from a forest of dark suits at G20 meetings.
  • (19) But surely there must be executives in the world of business who would relish the unique and exhilarating challenge of keeping Britons warm and well-lit while building a power system fit for a low-carbon world?
  • (20) Another acquaintance argues that Dimbleby may believe the BBC "has got itself into a bit of a mess" by allowing Griffin to appear on the show, and may not relish introducing the BNP leader.