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Pretty or Beautiful?

You look pretty, or You look beautiful. What should I say?  And is there even a difference? It depends on the context and what you really intend to say. Both are flattering, compliments for a good appearance. But beauty runs deeper than the looks. Pretty being the outward appearance, Beautiful describes us inside out. A combination of our inner core, thoughts, attitude, actions, character.  One can be pretty but not beautiful and vice-versa.  How many people care about this subtle difference, I ask? Even when the other side does not pay attention, Recognizing the difference will make you conscious about your own thinking and outlook. What matters to you, what is it that you get drawn to. Would you like to keep it the same way or change? Know that, there's no right or wrong here. And the same person can be pretty at one time and come across as beautiful at another. What's important is to recognize that while the words are similar but they vary in their depths of assessing us as