Difference between Sentimental and Romantic

What is the difference between Sentimental and Romantic?

Sentimental as an adjective is characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion while Romantic as an adjective is concerned with, or conducive to, romance and love.

Sentimental

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion derived from emotion rather than reason romantic

Romantic

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person with romantic characterA person who is behaving romantically

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Concerned with, or conducive to, romance and love.Idealistic yet impractical.Passionate and imaginative rather than structured.

We hope you now know whether to use Sentimental or Romantic in your sentence.

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