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Hilarity vs Playfulness - What's the difference?

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Hilarity is a related term of playfulness.


As nouns the difference between hilarity and playfulness

is that hilarity is (uncountable) a great amount of amusement, usually accompanied by laughter while playfulness is the quality of being playful.

hilarity

English

Noun

  • (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 ,
    • 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.
  • * 2005 , Library journal , Volume 130, Issues 8-13, Page 122,
    • 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 * mirth

    Related terms

    * hilarious

    playfulness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being playful.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 24 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3 , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=Jones’ sad eyes betray a pervasive pain his purposefully spare dialogue only hints at, while the perfectly cast Brolin conveys hints of playfulness and warmth while staying true to the craggy stoicism at the character’s core. }}