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Gaiety vs Showiness - What's the difference?

gaiety | showiness | Synonyms |

Gaiety is a synonym of showiness.


As nouns the difference between gaiety and showiness

is that gaiety is (uncountable)  the state of being happy while showiness is the property of being showy.

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

    showiness

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The property of being showy.