Difference between Harsh and Unpleasant

What is the difference between Harsh and Unpleasant?

Harsh as an adjective is unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses. while Unpleasant as an adjective is not pleasant.

Harsh

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses. Severe or cruel.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To negatively criticize. to put a damper on (a mood).

Example sentence: Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him.

Unpleasant

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Not pleasant.

Example sentence: The hardest thing is to tell the truth about oneself. One doesn't like to remember unpleasant details, but forgetting them makes one's life seem disorganized.

We hope you now know whether to use Harsh or Unpleasant in your sentence.

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