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Gaiety vs Gaudiness - What's the difference?

gaiety | gaudiness | Synonyms |

Gaiety is a synonym of gaudiness.


As nouns the difference between gaiety and gaudiness

is that gaiety is (uncountable)  the state of being happy while gaudiness is pretension in appearance; looking overly done and distastefully adorned.

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

    gaudiness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Pretension in appearance; looking overly done and distastefully adorned.
  • :Nearby residents don't want any gaudiness in the building's renovation, they want it to be tasteful and understated.

    • Related terms

    * gaudy