playfulness vs humour

humour vs playfulness

playfulness and humour both are nouns.

playfulness is not a verb while humour is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
playfulness	Yes	No	No	No
humour	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

playfulness: a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement
humour: the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous

Other hyponyms of playfulness include facetiousness, archness, impertinence, perkiness, pertness, sauciness, friskiness, frolicsomeness, sportiveness, impishness, mischievousness, puckishness, whimsicality, humor, sense of humor, sense of humour.

playfulness (noun)	humour (noun)
activities that are enjoyable or amusing	the quality of being funny
a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement	the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous
a festive merry feeling	the liquid parts of the body
	(Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state
	a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
	a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling

playfulness (verb)	humour (verb)
	put into a good mood

Difference between playfulness and humour

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