handsome/goodlooking

[pull strings]

Hi.
Is there anyone around here who says what's the diffrence between handsome and good-looking?
thanks

[Anglika]

Hi.
Is there anyone around here who can say what's the difference between handsome and good-looking?
thanks

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They mean the same, though "handsome" usually carries more weight:

Macaulay Culkin is good-looking, but Brad Pitt is truly handsome.

[Casiopea]

Welcome, pull strings.

Additionally, the term handsome is considered more formal than the term good-looking. Consider that younger men tend to be described as good-looking, whereas older men tend to be described as handsome.