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Debauchery vs Festivity - What's the difference?

debauchery | festivity |

As nouns the difference between debauchery and festivity

is that debauchery is indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition while festivity is (often|pluralized) a festival or similar celebration.

debauchery

English

Noun

(debaucheries)
  • Indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.
  • (archaic) Seduction from duty.

    • Synonyms

    * licentiousness

    Related terms

    * debauch * debauchee * debaucher * debaucherous * debauched

    References

    * Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997) * WordNet 3.0 (Princeton University) ;

    festivity

    English

    Noun

    (festivities)
  • (often, pluralized) A festival or similar celebration.
  • An experience or expression of celebratory feeling, merriment, gaiety.

    • Antonyms

    * infestivity