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Pleasantry vs Jocularity - What's the difference?

pleasantry | jocularity |

As nouns the difference between pleasantry and jocularity

is that pleasantry is a casual, courteous remark while jocularity is joking, humorous remarks or behaviour.

pleasantry

English

Noun

(pleasantries)
  • A casual, courteous remark
  • A playful remark; a jest
  • * 2014 , Daniel Taylor, England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard'' (in ''The Guardian , 18 November 2014)[http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/nov/18/scotland-england-international-friendly-match-report]
    • Charlie Mulgrew could easily have been shown two yellow cards by a stricter referee and amid all the usual Anglo-Scottish pleasantries , the two sets of fans put an awful lot of effort into trying to drown out one another’s national anthems.

    See also

    *small talk

    jocularity

    English

    Noun

    (jocularities)
  • Joking, humorous remarks or behaviour.
  • * 1791 , , The Life of Samuel Johnson :
    • It should seem he had that day been in a humour for jocularity and merriment, and upon such occasions I never knew a man laugh more heartily.