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Gaiety vs Garishness - What's the difference?

gaiety | garishness | Synonyms |

Gaiety is a synonym of garishness.


As nouns the difference between gaiety and garishness

is that gaiety is (uncountable)  the state of being happy while garishness is the quality of being garish.

gaiety

English

Noun

  • (uncountable)  The state of being happy.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=2 citation , passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety .  She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}}
  • (countable)  Merrymaking or festivity.

    • Synonyms

    * (state of being happy) gayness

    garishness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being garish.