Light-hearted vs Jovial - What's the difference?
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(obsolete) Pertaining to Jove or Zeus; Jovian.
(obsolete) Pertaining to the planet Jupiter; Jovian.
(astrology, obsolete) Under the influence of the planet Jupiter (considered a source of happiness).
Merry; cheerful and good-humored.
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As adjectives the difference between light-hearted and jovial
is that light-hearted is an alternative spelling of lighthearted while jovial is pertaining to Jove or Zeus; Jovian.jovial
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Adjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=“[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial —thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.”}}
