pretty vs sweet

pretty

adj
  • Pleasant to the sight or other senses; attractive, especially of women or children. 

  • Cunning; clever, skilful. 

  • Fine-looking; only superficially attractive; initially appealing but having little substance; see petty. 

  • Of objects or things: nice-looking, appealing. 

  • Awkward, unpleasant. 

noun
  • Something that is pretty. 

  • A pretty person; a term of address to a pretty person. 

verb
  • To make pretty; to beautify 

adv
  • Somewhat, fairly, quite; sometimes also (by meiosis) very. 

  • Prettily, in a pretty manner. 

sweet

adj
  • Pleasing to the eye; beautiful; mild and attractive; fair. 

  • An intensifier. 

  • Not decaying, fermented, rancid, sour, spoiled, or stale. 

  • Free from excessive unwanted substances like acid or sulphur. 

  • Having a pleasant smell. 

  • Not having a salty taste. 

  • Fresh; not salt or brackish. 

  • Doing well; in a good or happy position. 

  • Retaining a portion of sugar. 

  • Having a pleasant taste, especially one relating to the basic taste sensation induced by sugar. 

  • Having a helpful disposition. 

  • Having a pleasing disposition. 

  • Having a taste of sugar. 

  • Very pleasing; agreeable. 

  • Romantically fixated; enamored with; fond of. 

  • Having a pleasant sound. 

adv
  • In a sweet manner. 

intj
  • Used as a positive response to good news or information. 

noun
  • The basic taste sensation induced by sugar. 

  • A confection made from sugar, or high in sugar content; a candy. 

  • Synonym of sweetheart, a term of affection. 

  • A food eaten for dessert. 

How often have the words pretty and sweet occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )