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Is "grateful" deeper than "thankful" ?
In Merriam & Webster Dictionary, "grateful" is defined as "appreciative of benefits received."
And "thankful" is defined as "conscious of benefits received."
To me, it seems that "appreciative" is more than "conscious", so "grateful" is deeper than "thankful".
But I get confused when I look up "gratitude", which is defined "thankfulness."
And "thank" is defined as "expressing gratitude."
I am confused, because it seems to make "grateful" equivalent to "thankful"
I've never thought about it before, but in my own scale I would say that "grateful" is indeed stronger than "thankful". But that has no more legitimacy than saying "beautiful" is stronger than "pretty" or "several" is more than "a few"; lots of people use it that way, but it doesn't really belong in a dictionary, IMHO.
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