Difference between Pleased and Proud

What is the difference between Pleased and Proud?

Pleased as an adjective is happy, content. while Proud as an adjective is having a too high opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious.

Pleased

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Happy, content.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.

Example sentence: If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.

Proud

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having a too high opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious.Gratified; feeling honoured (by something); feeling satisfied or happy about a fact or event.Possessed of a due sense of what one is worth or deserves.Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.Brave, valiant; gallant.Standing out or raised; swollen.Excited by sexual desire; (of female animals) in heat.Happy, usually used with a sense of honor, as in "I'm so proud to have you in our town." But occasionally just plain happy as in "I'm proud to see gas prices down." This is a widespread colloquial usage in the South.

Example sentence: I will continue to work as hard as I can to make this organization proud. Every time I step on the field I will give everything I have and I will leave everything I have on the field every single Sunday.

We hope you now know whether to use Pleased or Proud in your sentence.

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