Absurdity vs Puerility - What's the difference?
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(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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The state, quality, or condition of being childish or puerile.
That which is puerile or childish; especially, an expression which is insipid or silly.
Absurdity is a related term of puerility.
As nouns the difference between absurdity and puerility
is that absurdity is (obsolete|rare) dissonance while puerility is the state, quality, or condition of being childish or puerile.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."