Happiness vs Hilarity - 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.
(uncountable) A great amount of amusement, usually accompanied by laughter.
(countable) Something that induces laughter.
* 1999 , Vincent Canby, Janet Maslin and Peter M. Nichols, The New York times guide to the best 1000 movies ever made ,
* 2005 , Library journal , Volume 130, Issues 8-13, Page 122,
Happiness is a related term of hilarity.
As nouns the difference between happiness and hilarity
is that happiness is the emotion of being happy; joy while hilarity is (uncountable) a great amount of amusement, usually accompanied by laughter.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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- Think it not curious if we don't seem to be as sidesplittingly impressed with the hilarities in this picture as its promotion might lead you to expect. Hilarity is in it—hilarity at its best—as would be almost mandatory in any film with Miss Holliday.
- Many other Latin imports have become staples of our diet, like the burrito, which in Spanish means "little donkey." What other food-related hilarities are we missing out on?
