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Ennui vs Sadness - What's the difference?

ennui | sadness |

As nouns the difference between ennui and sadness

is that ennui is a gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression while sadness is (uncountable) the state or emotion of being sad.

ennui

English

Noun

(-)
  • A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

    • Synonyms

    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "ennui")

    sadness

    English

    (wikipedia sadness)

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
  • (countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.
    • She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.

    Synonyms

    * (state of being sad) forlornness, melancholy * (event causing sadness) misfortune, woe