Difference between Glad and Happy

What is the difference between Glad and Happy?

Glad as an adjective is pleased, happy, satisfied while Happy as an adjective is favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire.

Glad

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make glad; to cheer; to gladden; to exhilarate.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: pleased, happy, satisfied

Example sentence: For me, there are no answers, only questions, and I am grateful that the questions go on and on. I don't look for an answer because I don't think there is one. I'm very glad to be the bearer of a question.

Happy

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire.Experiencing the effect of favourable 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.Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.Content (to do something); having no objection (to something).

Example sentence: I need to celebrate life because I'm in a good spot, I work hard, and I am happy with who I am and happy with what I do for a living, and sometimes I just focus and overwhelm myself so much with the fights and getting better, that I just need to slow it down and enjoy life and enjoy training.

We hope you now know whether to use Glad or Happy in your sentence.

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