sprightliness vs delicacy

delicacy vs sprightliness

sprightliness and delicacy both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sprightliness	Yes	No	No	No
delicacy	Yes	No	No	No

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

sprightliness: animation and energy in action or expression
delicacy: lightness in movement or manner

Other hyponyms of sprightliness include pertness, airiness, alacrity, briskness, smartness, energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim, elan, esprit, breeziness, jauntiness, buoyancy, irrepressibility, high-spiritedness, ebullience, enthusiasm, exuberance, ginger, pep, peppiness.

sprightliness (noun)	delicacy (noun)
animation and energy in action or expression	the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance
	subtly skillful handling of a situation
	lack of physical strength
	slenderness
	lightness in movement or manner
	refined taste; tact
	something considered choice to eat

Difference between sprightliness and delicacy

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