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Lighthearted vs Ebullient - What's the difference?

lighthearted | ebullient |

As adjectives the difference between lighthearted and ebullient

is that lighthearted is joyful, glad, taking pleasure in being alive. Not depressed or sad while ebullient is enthusiastic; high-spirited.

lighthearted

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Joyful, glad, taking pleasure in being alive. Not depressed or sad.
    • The lighthearted young lovers ran over the hills.
  • Enjoyable lack of seriousness, not grave.
    • His lighthearted banjo was appreciated because it relieved the tension in tight situations.

    ebullient

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • enthusiastic; high-spirited.
  • * Marina's oddly ebullient words seemed to come to her slow as balloons. - "Middle Age : A Romance" (2001) by (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 233)
  • (of a liquid) boiling or agitated as if boiling

    • Synonyms

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