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levity vs humorousness

humorousness vs levity

levity and humorousness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
levity Yes No No No
humorousness Yes No No No
As nouns, humorousness is a hyponym of levity; that is, humorousness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than levity:
  • levity: a manner lacking seriousness
  • humorousness: the trait of merry joking
Other hyponyms of levity include flippancy, light-mindedness, jocoseness, jocosity, merriness, anecdotalism.
levity (noun) humorousness (noun)
a manner lacking seriousness the trait of merry joking
feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
Difference between levity and humorousness

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