feeling vs happiness

happiness vs feeling

feeling and happiness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
feeling	Yes	No	No	No
happiness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, happiness is a hyponym of feeling; that is, happiness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than feeling:

feeling: the experiencing of affective and emotional states
happiness: emotions experienced when in a state of well-being

Other hyponyms of feeling include affect, emotion, thing, glow, faintness, soul, soulfulness, passion, passionateness, sentiment, complex, ambivalence, ambivalency, apathy, desire, sex, sexual urge, pleasance, pleasure, pain, painfulness, pang, stab, twinge, liking, dislike, gratitude, ingratitude, ungratefulness, unconcern, shame, pride, pridefulness, humbleness, humility, amazement, astonishment, devastation, expectation, levity, gravity, solemnity, sensitiveness, sensitivity, agitation, calmness, bravery, fearlessness, sadness, unhappiness, hope, despair, affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness, humor, humour, mood, temper, fellow feeling, sympathy, enthusiasm, anchorage, disinterest.

feeling (noun)	happiness (noun)
the experiencing of affective and emotional states	emotions experienced when in a state of well-being
an intuitive understanding of something	state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy
a physical sensation that you experience
the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

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