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Vivacity vs Gaiety - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between vivacity and gaiety

is that vivacity is the state of being vivacious while gaiety is   The state of being happy.

vivacity

English

Noun

(vivacities)
  • The state of being vivacious.

    • Synonyms

    * vivaciousness

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    gaiety

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable)  The state of being happy.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=2 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.}}
  • (countable)  Merrymaking or festivity.

    • Synonyms

    * (state of being happy) gayness