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Festivity vs Merrymake - What's the difference?

festivity | merrymake |

As nouns the difference between festivity and merrymake

is that festivity is (often|pluralized) a festival or similar celebration while merrymake is (archaic|literary) merry-making, celebration, festivity.

As a verb merrymake is

(archaic|literary) to make merry, have fun, celebrate.

festivity

English

Noun

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

    • Antonyms

    * infestivity

    merrymake

    English

    Verb

  • (archaic, literary) To make merry, have fun, celebrate.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, literary) Merry-making, celebration, festivity.
  • *1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.vi:
  • *:when he saw her toy, and gibe, and geare, / And passe the bonds of modest merimake , / Her dalliance he despisd, and follies did forsake.

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