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Playfulness vs Enjoyment - What's the difference?

playfulness | enjoyment |

As nouns the difference between playfulness and enjoyment

is that playfulness is the quality of being playful while enjoyment is (uncountable) the condition of enjoying anything.

playfulness

English

Noun

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  • The quality of being playful.
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  • , year=2012 , date=May 24 , author=Nathan Rabin , title=Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3 , work=The Onion AV Club citation , page= , passage=Jones’ sad eyes betray a pervasive pain his purposefully spare dialogue only hints at, while the perfectly cast Brolin conveys hints of playfulness and warmth while staying true to the craggy stoicism at the character’s core. }}

    enjoyment

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of enjoying anything.
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  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.}}
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  • (uncountable) An enjoyable state of mind.
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  • (countable) An activity that gives pleasure.
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  • (legal) The exercise of a legal right.