Difference between Homely and Unattractive

What is the difference between Homely and Unattractive?

Homely as an adjective is characteristic of or belonging to home, domestic. while Unattractive as an adjective is not handsome or beautiful or appealing

Homely

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Characteristic of or belonging to home, domestic. Simple, familiar, unelaborate. Lacking in beauty or elegance, plain in appearance, physically unattractive. Proficient in skills needed to maintain a home.

Example sentence: In 'Aarathu Sinam', I play a wife and mother. It's a very homely character, quite contrary to what I've done so far.

Unattractive

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: not handsome or beautiful or appealinglacking the power to attract interest

Example sentence: It is difficult to imagine any time in history when so many people claiming to be so free have lived in so much fear of being unattractive.

We hope you now know whether to use Homely or Unattractive in your sentence.

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