Gaiety vs Tomfoolery - What's the difference?
gaiety | tomfoolery | Related terms |
(uncountable) The state of being happy.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=2 (countable) Merrymaking or festivity.
Gaiety is a related term of tomfoolery.
As nouns the difference between gaiety and tomfoolery
is that gaiety is (uncountable) the state of being happy while tomfoolery is foolish behaviour.gaiety
English
Noun
citation, passage=Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety . She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.}}