Mirth vs Revelry - What's the difference?
mirth | revelry |
The emotion usually following humour and accompanied by laughter; merriment; jollity; gaiety.
* 1883 ,
*, title=The Mirror and the Lamp
, chapter=2 * 1912 , :
That which causes merriment.
* 1922 ,
Joyful merry-making.
* 2014, (Paul Salopek), Blessed. Cursed. Claimed. , National Geographic (December 2014)[http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text]
As nouns the difference between mirth and revelry
is that mirth is the emotion usually following humour and accompanied by laughter; merriment; jollity; gaiety while revelry is joyful merry-making.mirth
English
Noun
(en noun)- And he began to laugh again, and that so heartily, that, though I did not see the joke as he did, I was again obliged to join him in his mirth.
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- Their eyes met and they began to laugh. They laughed as children do when they cannot contain themselves, and can not explain the cause of their mirth to grown people, but share it perfectly together.
- Phantasmal mirth , folded away: muskperfumed.
Synonyms
* (emotion) delight, glee, hilarity, jollityAntonyms
* (emotion) sadness, gloomDerived terms
* mirthful * mirthfulness * mirthless * mirthlessly * mirthlessnessrevelry
English
Noun
(revelries)- The women pale and staring under the sun. In plain skirts, drab shoes. In hair scarves. Their drunken revelry jars.