Difference between Grateful and Glad

GRATEFUL vs GLAD: NOUN

Gladness.
A gladiolus.
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

Affording pleasure or comfort; agreeable.
Expressing gratitude.
Appreciative of benefits received; thankful.
Affording comfort or pleasure
Having a due sense of benefits received; kindly disposed toward one from whom a favor has been received; willing to acknowledge and repay, or give thanks for, benefits.
Affording pleasure; pleasing to the senses; gratifying; delicious.
Showing appreciation, being thankful.
Recognizing the importance of a source of pleasure.
Pleasing, welcome.
Feeling or showing gratitude

Feeling happy appreciation
Showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
(`lief' is archaic) very willing
Cheerful and bright
Experiencing or exhibiting joy and pleasure.
Appreciative.
Providing joy and pleasure.
Very willing; pleased.
Eagerly disposed to act or to be of service
Pleased, happy, satisfied
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.
Glad of it.
Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating.

Pleasing to the mind or the senses; agreeable; gratifying; affording pleasure.
Betokening or expressing gratitude; denoting thankfulness.
Feeling kindly or tenderly on account of a favor or favors bestowed; disposed to acknowledge and repay benefits.
Synonyms Grateful, Thankful, beholden. Grateful is preferred when we speak of the general character of a person's mind: as, a man of a grateful disposition; an ungrateful wretch. Grateful often expresses the feeling, and the readiness to manifest the feeling by acts, even a long time after the rendering of the favor; thankful refers rather to the immediate acknowledgment of the favor by words. The same distinction is found in the negative forms, ungrateful, unthankful, thankless. Thankful is often loosely used for relieved or glad, where the thanks, if rendered, would be given to a merciful or helping Providence: as, I am thankful for my escape.

To make glad; gladden.
To be glad; rejoice.
Smooth; level; open. Compare glade.
Acting smoothly or freely; moving easily: as, a glad door or bolt.
In good condition; thriving.
Shining; bright; cheerful; wearing the appearance of joy: as, a glad countenance.
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.
Causing joy or pleasure; giving satisfaction; pleasing.
Synonyms Joyous, delighted, animated, exhilarated.
Gladsome, cheering, exhilarating, animating. See gladness.
Widely cultivated
Especially made happy
(transitive; intransitive verb) To gladden.

Appreciated, Indebted, Gratifying, Excited, Happy, Appreciate, Pleased, Fortunate, Thanked, Delighted, Gratified, Pleasant, Glad, Appreciative, Thankful

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

Welcome, Appreciated, Indebted, Gratifying, Excited, Happy, Appreciate, Pleased, Fortunate, Delighted, Gratified, Pleasant, Glad, Appreciative, Thankful

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

We are all very grateful for the experience.
We are ever so grateful for your review!
So grateful for all you are and do!
What three things are you most grateful for?
Mary being very grateful, grateful for what God has done for her individually and what God has done for her people, her ancestors.
Can we all just be grateful for Garry and Helk and all the devs, and just be grateful for the game?
For every grateful heart, these appreciation messages to God would do for any occasion you feel grateful for.
Perhaps giving your kids a childhood they feel grateful about now will help them reflect more on reasons to be grateful as an adult.
With grateful music of the Jingle bells, let me extend my grateful feelings for your work here.
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