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Sadness vs Unhappiness - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between sadness and unhappiness

is that sadness is the state or emotion of being sad while unhappiness is the feeling of not being happy.

sadness

English

(wikipedia sadness)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
  • (countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.
    • She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.

    Synonyms

    * (state of being sad) forlornness, melancholy * (event causing sadness) misfortune, woe

    unhappiness

    English

    Noun

  • The feeling of not being happy