Hilarity vs Levity - What's the difference?
hilarity | levity |
(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,
Lightness of manner or speech, frivolity.
(obsolete) Lack of steadiness.
The state or quality of being light, buoyancy.
* F. Scott Fitzgerald
* Most of the confidences were unsought - frequently I had feigned sleep, preoccupation or a hostile levity...
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* 1869 Mary Somerville, On Molecular and Microscopic Science 1.1.12:
(countable) A lighthearted or frivolous act.
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In countable|lang=en terms the difference between hilarity and levity
is that hilarity is (countable) something that induces laughter while levity is (countable) a lighthearted or frivolous act.As nouns the difference between hilarity and levity
is that hilarity is (uncountable) a great amount of amusement, usually accompanied by laughter while levity is lightness of manner or speech, frivolity.hilarity
English
Noun
- 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?
Synonyms
* cheerfulness * buoyancy * delight * gaiety * glee * jauntiness * merriment * mirthlevity
English
Noun
(en-noun)- Hydrogen ... rises in the air on account of its levity .
