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Buoyant vs Buoyance - What's the difference?

buoyant | buoyance |

As an adjective buoyant

is having buoyancy; able to float.

As a noun buoyance is

the state or quality of being buoyant.

buoyant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • having buoyancy; able to float
  • lighthearted and lively
    • I’m in a buoyant mood.

    Related terms

    * buoyancy * buoy * buoy up * buoying

    See also

    * Archimedes' principle

    buoyance

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or quality of being buoyant
  • * {{quote-news, 1988, February 5, Tom Boeker, They Sure Are Strange in New York, Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Veronica Petrillo's typical virgin is ironically similar to her streetwise actor, except for a certain added buoyance . }}

    Synonyms

    * buoyancy