Key difference: Gorgeous sounds more reflective than beautiful, but only relates to the outer appearance of an individual, whereas the word beautiful gives one relief and considers the inner, as well as the outer appearance of an individual.

The adjective gorgeous emphasizes the striking attractive, wonderful, and delightful feeling regarding a being. It deals only with the physical attribute, meaning the good looking aspects. Sometimes it can also be taken in a sarcastic or exaggerated point of view. It conveys the message of someone being amazingly attractive in all perspectives. Mostly, it is synonymous with terms such as glamorous, which is often related to models and movie stars.

According to Collins English Dictionary, the word ‘gorgeous’ means: “strikingly beautiful or magnificent”.

A person when complimented as beautiful is often based on some combination of inner beauty, which includes psychological factors such as personality, intelligence, grace, charm and elegance. It also includes the outer beauty, comprising of the physical factors, such as health, youthness, symmetry, averageness, and complexion. This word can be also used for both living and non-living things. Beautiful is mostly used for expressing the beauty of scenarios, like for example for describing the natural beauty, beautiful sunset/sunrise, etc.

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