Good, nice, and kind are some commonly used words in English language that have similar meanings. In fact, these are words that we make use of when talking about a person or a thing in general. Depending upon the experience we have with people, we label them as good or nice or even kind without pausing for a moment to think if these are interchangeable words or not. This article attempts to find out the differences between these adjectives to enable students of English language to make correct usage of these words.
Key Takeaways
- Niceness is a virtue that we are made to learn early in our lives, whereas kindness is a virtue that cannot be learnt, and we are either born kind or not.
- A nice person is not necessarily kind, and being nice is easier than being kind.
- Good and nice are interchangeable if one is talking about a person in a picture as in good looking or looking nice, but a good person is nice inherently, while a nice person may not necessarily be good.
