In a recent questionnaire that my friends prepared, I have to answer a question a day. Thus, the title of the book 'How's life?'. Upon coming to the 28th question, I was asked by Miss Tan Ping Teng on the differences between PRETTY and BEAUTIFUL? (400 words essay) . Without further ado, I shall write my answer here in my blog rather than my usual medium- Instagram.
Pretty define as attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful (of a woman, especially a woman or child) or also as pleasing to the eye or the ear (of a thing). In the other hand, beautiful means pleasing the mind of senses aesthetically. One doesn't have to please the mind of senses aesthetically for being pretty. It just need to appeal to either the eye or ear. Being pretty can exist without being beautiful however being beautiful can't exist without being pretty.
Alas, it's difficult to look for the differences in them. I guess this is where we can start going down different path in the usage of these two unique words. We can ironically use the word pretty to express annoyance or displeasure. Whereas for beautiful you can use it to describe something of a very high standard or excellence.
You can use pretty as an adjective, adverb, verb or a noun. As an adverb, it's used to describe to a moderately high degree or fairly. For instance, 'He look pretty fit for his age.' Make pretty or attractive is it's usage as a verb like 'She'll be all prettied up and ready to go in an hour.' For noun, pretty is used as an attractive thing, like a trinket or used to refer in a condescending way to an attractive people. From the different usage of it, pretty can be replace by many other words as long it describe the purpose of the sentence.
In terms of beautiful, it's only use as an adjective. An example for it is 'She spoke in beautiful English.' to show of a very high standard or excellence.
To conclude, both pretty and beautiful has such similarities and differences that changes the whole meaning of a sentence spending on its usage.
