These words, both adjectives, may give you trouble because they are not used a lot in everyday conversation, although they are fairly well known words and you should use them when appropriate.
Aesthetic describes the experience of art or beauty/ugliness, for example:
H.R. Geiger’s designs created the remarkable aesthetic effects of Ridley Scott’s film, Alien.
Sometimes the sunset has such an aesthetic quality, it could make me cry.
One may also speak of the aesthetics of something:
Alien’s aesthetics relied on a blend of organic and mechanical images.
Ascetic, on the other hand, describes a person, practices, or lifestyle centered around the avoidance of comfort, indulgence, and consumption:
The Hindu ascetic spent all day meditating in the market square and ate only rice.
One can use ascetic as an adjective or as a noun referring to such a person. And it may be used loosely:
As a college student, I lived an ascetic lifestyle, eating mainly on bananas and bread.
More Examples of How to Use "Ascetic" and
"Aesthetic" in a Sentence
First, let's look at how Aesthetic can be used in a sentence:
- This algorithm is really aesthetically pleasing.
- I would like to give it an aesthetic that is very natural and understated.
- Towards the end of the book, a new aesthetic emerges.
- The next unit in my philosophy course will focus on aesthetics.
- The aesthetic of the restaurant is very nice, but the service is poor.
- The aesthetic of the restaurant is very bad, but it has excellent service.
- Aesthetic dentistry can improve the appearance of your smile.
- Beauty is an aesthetic. It is a personal quality that people may possess or achieve that gives pleasure to the senses.
- Georgia was a firm believer in aestheticism, and in her contributions to the movement, she made a very interesting argument about the relationship between art and the artist.
- Aesthetic can be used to refer to the cultural context that is associated with an object.
- I find the aesthetic of a library to be very calming.
- The aesthetic of this fabric is absolutely amazing.
- A very aesthetic experience for me is sitting in the middle of a field and watching the sun go down.
- The whole idea of a "perfect aesthetic" is really just an opinion.
- His aesthetic was like the rain from a storm, unending and relentless.
- I love the aesthetically pleasing colors of the sunset.
- That picture is too aesthetically pleasing and it makes me want to take a nap.
- It is important to have an aesthetically pleasing space so that you can be productive.
- The origin of the word aesthetic is from the Ancient Greek word "aisthesis" meaning "sensation, perception"
Now for the word, ascetic. As it turns out, ascetic is also frequently confused with the word acetic. Luckily, we've covered this confusion word set in another post, so click the link to see how ascetic is used in a sentence.