Difference between Glad and Cheerful

GLAD vs CHEERFUL: NOUN

Any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated
Gladness.
A gladiolus.

Appreciative.
Providing joy and pleasure.
Very willing; pleased.
Experiencing or exhibiting joy and pleasure.
Cheerful and bright
Feeling happy appreciation
Showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
Eagerly disposed to act or to be of service
Pleased, happy, satisfied
Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.
Glad of it.
Pleased; joyous; happy; cheerful; gratified; -- opposed to sorry, sorrowful, or unhappy; -- said of persons, and often followed by of, at, that, or by the infinitive, and sometimes by with, introducing the cause or reason.
(`lief' is archaic) very willing

Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.
Promoting a feeling of cheer; pleasant.
Being in or characterized by good spirits; merry. : glad.
Being full of or promoting cheer; having or showing good spirits
Pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic
Bright and pleasant
Noticeably happy and optimistic.

Gladsome, cheering, exhilarating, animating. See gladness.
Causing joy or pleasure; giving satisfaction; pleasing.
Feeling joy, pleasure, or satisfaction, especially with reference to some particular event; pleased; gratified; well contented; joyful: rarely used attributively in this sense, but usually in the predicate, where it is used absolutely or followed by of or at, or by an infinitive with to: as, to be glad of an opportunity to oblige a friend.
Shining; bright; cheerful; wearing the appearance of joy: as, a glad countenance.
In good condition; thriving.
Acting smoothly or freely; moving easily: as, a glad door or bolt.
Smooth; level; open. Compare glade.
To be glad; rejoice.
To make glad; gladden.
Widely cultivated
Especially made happy
Synonyms Joyous, delighted, animated, exhilarated.
(transitive; intransitive verb) To gladden.

Of good cheer; having good spirits; gay; lively: said of persons.
Cordially willing; genial in action; hearty; ungrudging.
Characterized by or expressive of good spirits; associated with agreeable feelings; lively; animated: as, cheerful songs.
Promoting or causing cheerfulness; gladdening; animating; genial: as, the cheerful sun; a cheerful fire.
Synonyms Lightsome, gleeful, blithe, airy, sprightly, jocund, jolly, buoyant. See cheery.
Being full of or promoting cheer
Having or showing good spirits

Elated, Overjoyed, Gratified, Excited, Delighted, Proud, Gladsome, Lief, Cheerful, Beaming, Willing, Pleased, Grateful, Thankful, Happy

Debonair, Optimistic, Beaming, Sunny, Blithe, Twinkly, Buoyant, Lighthearted, Jaunty, Upbeat, Chipper, Smiling, Perky, Chirpy, Cheery

Fortunate, Elated, Overjoyed, Gratified, Excited, Delighted, Proud, Gladsome, Cheerful, Beaming, Willing, Pleased, Grateful, Thankful, Happy

Debonair, Optimistic, Beaming, Sunny, Blithe, Twinkly, Buoyant, Lighthearted, Jaunty, Upbeat, Chipper, Smiling, Perky, Chirpy, Cheery

My partner and i am cheerful to know.
The feeling for all that was more cheerful.
They endured many health problems, but remained cheerful.
The birds sing only when they are cheerful.
Its too bloody happy and cheerful by half.
Send out a cheerful, positive greeting, and most of the time you will get back a cheerful, positive greeting.
Eve is more cheerful, glittering, sparkling and shining and the atmosphere is vivid and cheerful.
Cheerful Christmas Elves Vector illustration of two cheerful Christmas elves wearing santa hats and pantyhoses.
But his tweets so far this week have been surprisingly cheerful, and a cheerful Trump is bad news for everyone.
Always looking on the more cheerful side, his very smile and cheerful words of encouragement gave us new heart.