Absurdity vs Childishness - What's the difference?
absurdity | childishness | Related terms |
(obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
* His travels were full of absurdities . - Johnson
(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
* The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number. -
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(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being childish.
(countable) Childish behaviour.
Absurdity is a related term of childishness.
In countable|lang=en terms the difference between absurdity and childishness
is that absurdity is (countable) that which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction while childishness is (countable) childish behaviour.In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between absurdity and childishness
is that absurdity is (uncountable) the quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment while childishness is (uncountable) the state or characteristic of being childish.As nouns the difference between absurdity and childishness
is that absurdity is (obsolete|rare) dissonance while childishness is (uncountable) the state or characteristic of being childish.absurdity
English
Noun
- Neither [Jones] nor I (in 1966) could conceive of reducing our "science" to the ultimate absurdity of reading Finnish newspapers almost a century and a half old in order to establish "priority."
