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Absurdity vs Levity - What's the difference?

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Absurdity is a related term of levity.


In countable|lang=en terms the difference between absurdity and levity

is that absurdity is (countable) that which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction while levity is (countable) a lighthearted or frivolous act.

As nouns the difference between absurdity and levity

is that absurdity is (obsolete|rare) dissonance while levity is lightness of manner or speech, frivolity.

absurdity

English

Noun

  • (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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    • 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."

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    levity

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Lightness of manner or speech, frivolity.
  • (obsolete) Lack of steadiness.
  • The state or quality of being light, buoyancy.
  • * F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • * Most of the confidences were unsought - frequently I had feigned sleep, preoccupation or a hostile levity...
  • * Robert Montgomery Bird:
  • * 1869 Mary Somerville, On Molecular and Microscopic Science 1.1.12:
    • Hydrogen ... rises in the air on account of its levity .
  • (countable) A lighthearted or frivolous act.
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