Happiness vs Grief - What's the difference?
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The emotion of being happy; joy.
* 1877 , ,
(archaic) Good luck; good fortune; prosperity.
* 1643 , — , I-i
Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; — used especially of language.
Suffering, hardship.
Pain of mind arising from misfortune, significant personal loss, misconduct of oneself or others, etc.; sorrow; sadness.
(countable) Cause or instance of sorrow or pain; that which afflicts or distresses; trial.
(online gaming) To deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially , to do this as one’s primary activity in the game.
As nouns the difference between happiness and grief
is that happiness is the emotion of being happy; joy while grief is suffering, hardship.As a verb grief is
(online gaming) to deliberately harass and annoy or cause grief to other players of a game in order to interfere with their enjoyment of it; especially , to do this as one’s primary activity in the game.happiness
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Noun
(wikipedia happiness)- Yes, Aline, true happiness comes of true love, and true love should be independent of external influences.
- All happiness bechance to thee in Milan!
- Some beauties yet no precepts can declare, For there's a happiness , as well as care. — .
Synonyms
* felicity (somewhat dated or formal) * blessedness (dated or religious) * bliss * joyUsage notes
Happiness is generic, and is applied to almost every kind of enjoyment.Antonyms
* unhappiness * haplessnessReferences
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*grief
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(wikipedia grief)Noun
- She was worn out from so much grief .
- The betrayal caused Jeff grief .
- Surely, he hath borne our griefs , and carried our sorrows. -Isaiah 53:4