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Merriment vs Hubbub - What's the difference?

merriment | hubbub |

As nouns the difference between merriment and hubbub

is that merriment is a state of enjoyable exuberance while hubbub is a confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket.

merriment

English

Noun

  • a state of enjoyable exuberance
  • *
  • playful fun
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    • hubbub

    English

    Alternative forms

    * whobub (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A confused uproar, commotion, tumult or racket.
  • * John Milton, Paradise Lost
    • At length a universal hubbub wild
    Of stunning sounds and voices all confused,
    Borne through the hollow dark, assaults his ear
    With loudest vehemence.

    Synonyms

    * See also