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Levity vs Agility - What's the difference?

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Levity is a related term of agility.


In countable|lang=en terms the difference between levity and agility

is that levity is (countable) a lighthearted or frivolous act while agility is (countable) a faculty of being agile in body, mind, or figuratively.

As nouns the difference between levity and agility

is that levity is lightness of manner or speech, frivolity while agility is (uncountable) the quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as, strength and agility of body.

levity

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • 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...
  • * Robert Montgomery Bird:
  • * 1869 Mary Somerville, On Molecular and Microscopic Science 1.1.12:
    • Hydrogen ... rises in the air on account of its levity .
  • (countable) A lighthearted or frivolous act.
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    agility

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as, strength and agility of body.
  • (countable) A faculty of being agile in body, mind, or figuratively.