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Exuberance vs Wantonness - What's the difference?

exuberance | wantonness | Synonyms |

In uncountable terms the difference between exuberance and wantonness

is that exuberance is the quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness while wantonness is the state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.

exuberance

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 9 , author=Mandeep Sanghera , title=Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Tottenham's desire for a win against a Norwich side playing with energy and exuberance made for an enthralling, end-to-end game.}}
  • An instance of exuberant behaviour.

    • Synonyms

    * ebullience

    wantonness

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.
  • *1897 , , Dracula , ch. 16,
  • *:The sweetness was turned to adamantine, heartless cruelty, and the purity to voluptuous wantonness .
  • (countable, dated) A particular wanton act.
  • *1882 , , History of New England during the Stuart Dynasty , Little Brown (Boston), v. 3, p. 366,
  • *:These were simply the wantonnesses of a dishonest man.