feeling vs levity

levity vs feeling

feeling and levity both are nouns.

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

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

feeling: the experiencing of affective and emotional states
levity: feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness

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, gravity, solemnity, sensitiveness, sensitivity, agitation, calmness, bravery, fearlessness, happiness, sadness, unhappiness, hope, despair, affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness, humor, humour, mood, temper, fellow feeling, sympathy, enthusiasm, anchorage, disinterest.

feeling (noun)	levity (noun)
the experiencing of affective and emotional states	a manner lacking seriousness
an intuitive understanding of something	feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
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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