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Sprightliness vs Eagerness - What's the difference?

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Sprightliness is a related term of eagerness.


As nouns the difference between sprightliness and eagerness

is that sprightliness is the property of being sprightly while eagerness is the state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.

sprightliness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The property of being sprightly.

    • eagerness

    English

    Alternative forms

    * eagreness (obsolete)

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or quality of being eager; ardent desire.
  • * 1909:
    • The things he had to tell about...were enough to make you almost tremble with excitement, when you heard all the intimate details from an animal charmer and realized with what thrilling eagerness and anxiety the whole busy underworld was working.
  • (obsolete) Tartness; sourness
    • (Webster 1913)