different between just vs nice

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /d???st/
• Rhymes: -?st

Etymology 1

From Middle English juste, from Old French juste, from Latin i?stus (“just, lawful, rightful, true, due, proper, moderate”), from Proto-Italic *jowestos, related to Latin i?s (“law, right”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?yew-. Compare Scots juist (“just”), Saterland Frisian juust (“just”), West Frisian just (“just”), Dutch juist (“just”), German Low German jüst (“jüst”), German just (“just”), Danish just (“just”), Swedish just (“just”). Doublet of giusto.

Alternative forms

• jes, jes', jest, jist, jus'

Adjective

just (comparative juster or more just, superlative justest or most just)

1. Factually right, correct; factual.

   It is a just assessment of the facts.

2. Rationally right, correct.
3. Morally right; upright, righteous, equitable; fair.

   It looks like a just solution at first glance.

   • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1, Act, Scene ,^[1]

     My lord, we know your grace to be a man

     Just and upright.

   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Colossians 4:1,^[2]

     Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

   • 1901, H. G. Wells, The First Men in the Moon, Chapter 23,^[3]

     Looking back over my previously written account of these things, I must insist that I have been altogether juster to Cavor than he has been to me.

4. Proper, adequate.

Synonyms

• right, correct
• righteous, equitable
• proper, adequate

Antonyms

• unjust

Derived terms

• justly
• justness
• sleep of the just

Related terms

• justice

Translations

Adverb

just (not comparable)

1. Only, simply, merely.
2. (sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.

3. Used to convey a less serious or formal tone

4. Used to show humility.

5. (degree) absolutely, positively

6. Moments ago, recently.
7. By a narrow margin; closely; nearly.
8. Exactly, precisely, perfectly.

   • And having just enough, not covet more.

Synonyms

• (only): merely, simply; see also Thesaurus:merely
• (recently): freshly, lately, newly
• (by a narrow margin): barely, hardly, scarcely; see also Thesaurus:slightly
• (exactly): on the dot, smack-dab; see also Thesaurus:exactly

Derived terms

Translations

Interjection

just

1. (slang) Expressing dismay or discontent.

Etymology 2

Variation of joust, presumably ultimately from Latin iuxta (“near, besides”).

Noun

just (plural justs)

1. A joust, tournament.

Verb

just (third-person singular simple present justs, present participle justing, simple past and past participle justed)

1. To joust, fight a tournament.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Fairfax to this entry?)

Translations

References

• just in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• just in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• UJTs, juts

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin i?stus, j?stus, from Proto-Italic *jowestos, from Proto-Indo-European *h?yew-.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??ust/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?d??ust/

Adjective

just (feminine justa, masculine plural justs or justos, feminine plural justes)

1. fair; just

   Antonym: injust

2. perfect, almost perfect

Derived terms

• justament
• justesa
• preu just
• tot just

Related terms

• injust
• injustícia
• justícia

Adverb

just

1. justly

Further reading

• “just” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “just” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “just” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “just” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German just or Swedish just. Possibly from German just. See also justament

Adverb

just

1. exactly, precisely, just

   Sa tulid just parajal ajal.

   You came just at the right time.

2. recently, just now, just

   Ma jõudsin just koju.

   I just got home.

3. really (softens what has been said)

   Ta pole just töökas mees.

   He isn't much of a worker.

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish just.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?just/, [?jus?t?]
• Rhymes: -ust
• Syllabification: just

Adverb

just

1. (colloquial, dialectal) just, exactly, precisely, perfectly

2. (colloquial) recently, just now

Interjection

just

1. (colloquial) I see, uh-huh, oh well

Synonyms

both:

• aivan
• juuri
• justiin
• justiinsa
• justsa

adverb:

• ihan
• tarkalleen
• täsmälleen

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin i?stus, j?stus.

Adjective

just

1. just, right, correct, proper
2. exact
3. adequate
4. apt

Derived terms

• justeapont
• justeben

Related terms

• justâ
• juste
• justece
• justificâ
• justizie

German

Etymology

Latin i?ste, i?stus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j?st/

Adverb

just

1. (solemn) just

   Synonyms: gerade, (archaic) justament

Further reading

• “just” in Duden online
• “just” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latvian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [just]

Verb

just (tr., 1st conj., pres. j?tu, j?ti, j?t, past jutu)

1. to feel (to perceive with one's sense organs)

2. to sense
3. to palp
4. to have a sensation

Conjugation

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:

• izjust
• pajust
• sajust

other derived terms:

• justies

Old French

Verb

just

1. third-person singular past historic of gesir

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French juste, Latin j?stus, i?stus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ust/

Adjective

just m or n (feminine singular just?, masculine plural ju?ti, feminine and neuter plural juste)

1. just, correct

Synonyms

• drept, adev?rat, echitabil

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adverb

just (not comparable)

1. just; quite recently; only moments ago
2. just; only, simply
3. exactly, precisely

   Just nu

   Right now (At this precise moment)

   Det var just vad jag ville ha!

   That's exactly what I wanted!

English

Alternative forms

• nyc (non-standard)
• noice (slang)

Pronunciation

• enPR: n?s, IPA^(key): /na?s/
• Rhymes: -a?s

Etymology 1

From Middle English nyce, nice, nys, from Old French nice, niche, nisce (“simple, foolish, ignorant”), from Latin nescius (“ignorant, not knowing”); compare nescire (“to know not, be ignorant of”), from ne (“not”) + scire (“to know”).

Adjective

nice (comparative nicer, superlative nicest)

1. Pleasant, satisfactory. [from 18th c.]
   • 1998, Baha Men – “Who Let the Dogs Out?”

     When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)

   • 2008, Rachel Cooke, The Guardian, 20 Apr.:

     "What's difficult is when you think someone is saying something nice about you, but you're not quite sure."

2. Of a person: friendly, attractive. [from 18th c.]
3. Respectable; virtuous. [from 18th c.]

4. (with and) Shows that the given adjective is desirable, or acts as a mild intensifier; pleasantly, quite. [from 18th c.]
5. (obsolete) Silly, ignorant; foolish. [14th-17th c.]
6. (now rare) Particular in one's conduct; scrupulous, painstaking; choosy. [from 14th c.]
   • 1999, Joyce Crick, translating Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams, Oxford 2008, p.83:

     But if I dispense with the dreams of neurotics, my main material, I cannot be too nice [transl. wählerisch] in my dealings with the remainder.

7. (obsolete) Particular as regards rules or qualities; strict. [16th-19th c.]
   • 1818, Jane Austen, Persuasion, chapter 16:

     "Good company requires only birth, education and manners, and with regard to education is not very nice. Birth and good manners are essential."

8. Showing or requiring great precision or sensitive discernment; subtle. [from 16th c.]
   • 1914: Saki, Laura:

     "It's her own funeral, you know," said Sir Lulworth; "it's a nice point in etiquette how far one ought to show respect to one's own mortal remains."

   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p.131:

     It would be a nice theological point to try and establish whether Ophis is Moslem or gnostic.

   • 2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p.242:

     Why it should have attained such longevity is a nice question.

9. (obsolete) Easily injured; delicate; dainty.
10. (obsolete) Doubtful, as to the outcome; risky. [16th-19th c.]
    • 1822, T. Creevey, Reminiscences, 28 Jul.:

      It has been a damned nice thing - the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life.

Usage notes

Sometimes used sarcastically to mean the opposite or to connote excess:

• 1710, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner No. XIV

  I have strictly observed this rule, and my imagination this minute represents before me a certain great man famous for this talent, to the constant practice of which he owes his twenty years’ reputation of the most skilful head in England, for the management of nice affairs.

• 1930, H.M. Walker, The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

  Here's another nice mess you've gotten us into.

• 1973, Cockerel Chorus, Nice One, Cyril!

  Nice one, Cyril!

Synonyms

• (easy to like: person): charming, delightful, friendly, kind, lovely, pleasant, sweet
• (easy to like: thing): charming, delightful, lovely, pleasant
• (having a pleasant taste or aroma): appetising/appetizing, delicious, moreish (informal), scrummy (slang), scrumptious (slang), tasty
• (subtle): fine, subtle

Antonyms

• (easy to like: person): horrible, horrid, nasty
• (easy to like: thing): horrible, horrid, nasty
• (having a pleasant taste or aroma): awful, disgusting, foul, horrible, horrid, nasty, nauseating, putrid, rancid, rank, sickening, distasteful, gross, unsatisfactory
• (respectable; virtuous): naughty

Derived terms

Related terms

• nicety

Translations

Descendants

• ? Dutch: nice
• ? German: nice
• ? Danish: nice
• ? Swedish: najs, nice
• ? Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nice

Adverb

nice (comparative nicer, superlative nicest)

1. (colloquial) Nicely.

Interjection

nice!

1. Used to signify a job well done.

2. Used to signify approval.

Translations

Noun

nice (uncountable)

1. niceness.

Etymology 2

Name of a Unix program used to invoke a script or program with a specified priority, with the implication that running at a lower priority is "nice" (kind, etc.) because it leaves more resources for others.

Verb

nice (third-person singular simple present nices, present participle nicing, simple past and past participle niced)

1. (transitive, computing, Unix) To run a process with a specified (usually lower) priority.

Derived terms

• renice

Further reading

• nice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• nice in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• nice at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Nice at NiceDefinition.com

Anagrams

• Ince, Niec, cien, cine, cine-, icen

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?n?t?s?]
• Rhymes: -?ts?
• Hyphenation: ni?ce

Noun

nice

1. dative/locative singular of nika

Anagrams

• Ince

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English nice.

Adjective

nice (used only predicatively, not comparable)

1. (slang) nice

French

Etymology

From Old French nice, inherited from Latin nescius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nis/

Adjective

nice (plural nices)

1. (archaic) candid, naive

Derived terms

• nicet

Further reading

• “nice” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Etymology

English nice

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na??s/

Adjective

nice (comparative nicer, superlative am nicesten)

1. (colloquial) good, nice

Further reading

• “nice” in Duden online
• “nice” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Middle English

Adjective

nice

1. Alternative form of nyce

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ottoman Turkish ????? (nice, “how much”), from Proto-Turkic *n??e, equative form of *n? (“what”). See ne (“what”), cognate to Karakhanid ????? (n???, “how much”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ni?d??e]

Adjective

nice (comparative daha nice, superlative en nice)

1. many

Synonyms

• çok

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *n?- (“interrogative archetype”).

Adverb

nice

1. (dialectal or poetic) how

Synonyms

• nas?l