Alacrity vs Clarity - What's the difference?
alacrity | clarity |
Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
* 1837 , , The Pickwick Papers , ch. 12:
* 1922 , , The Glimpses of the Moon , ch. 24:
Promptness; speed.
* 1849 , , "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience":
* 1902 , , Heart of Darkness , Part 1:
The state, or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity.
As nouns the difference between alacrity and clarity
is that alacrity is eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm while clarity is the state, or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity.alacrity
English
Noun
(alacrities)- "I'll get into the clothes this minute, if they're here," said Sam, with great alacrity .
- This evening, however, he was struck by the beaming alacrity of the aide-de-camp's greeting.
- Yet this government never of itself furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way.
- He had a uniform jacket with one button off, and seeing a white man on the path, hoisted his weapon to his shoulder with alacrity .
Synonyms
* (eagerness) avidity, eagerness, enthusiasm, willingness * (promptness) briskness, celerity, haste, promptness, quickness, swiftnessAntonyms
* (eagerness) apathy, disinclination, hesitance, indifference, reluctanceReferences
clarity
English
(wikipedia clarity)Noun
(en-noun)- She dreamed, with great clarity , that she had been seen her own death.
- Lack of clarity on the part of the teacher will cause confusion among the students.