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Levity vs Thoughtlessness - What's the difference?

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Levity is a related term of thoughtlessness.


As nouns the difference between levity and thoughtlessness

is that levity is lightness of manner or speech, frivolity while thoughtlessness is disregard for other's feelings.

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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    • Antonyms

    * (l)

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    thoughtlessness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • disregard for other's feelings
  • heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions

    • Antonyms

    * thoughtfulness