merriment vs joviality
joviality vs merrimentmerriment and joviality both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| merriment | Yes | No | No | No |
| joviality | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
joviality is a hyponym of
merriment; that is, joviality is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
merriment:
- merriment: a gay feeling
- joviality: feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor
Other hyponyms of merriment include
glee, gleefulness, hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness, jocularity, jocundity, jolliness, jollity.
| merriment (noun) | joviality (noun) |
|---|---|
| activities that are enjoyable or amusing | a jovial nature |
| a gay feeling | feeling jolly and jovial and full of good humor |
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