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Giddiness vs Wantonness - What's the difference?

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Giddiness is a related term of wantonness.


As nouns the difference between giddiness and wantonness

is that giddiness is the state of being giddy while wantonness is (uncountable) the state or characteristic of being wanton; recklessness, especially as represented in lascivious or other excessive behavior.

giddiness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state of being giddy.

    • 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.