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Optimism vs Buoyancy - What's the difference?

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Optimism is a related term of buoyancy.


As nouns the difference between optimism and buoyancy

is that optimism is a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome while buoyancy is (label) the upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.

optimism

English

Noun

(en-noun) (wikipedia optimism)
  • a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome
  • I love her youth, her beauty and above all her optimism that everything will turn out fine.
  • the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds
  • the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil
  • Antonyms

    * pessimism

    Derived terms

    * optimist

    buoyancy

    English

    Noun

  • (label) The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
  • The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.
  • (label) Resilience or cheerfulness.
  • See also

    * Archimedes' principle