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Levity vs Frivolousness - What's the difference?

levity | frivolousness |

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

is that levity is (countable) a lighthearted or frivolous act while frivolousness is (countable) the result of being frivolous.

As nouns the difference between levity and frivolousness

is that levity is lightness of manner or speech, frivolity while frivolousness is (uncountable) the quality of being frivolous; frivolity.

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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    frivolousness

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being frivolous; frivolity
  • (countable) The result of being frivolous