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Psychology
- Gaiety

Gaiety and happiness are closely related, but they have different vibes and usage.

Gaiety

Meaning: A light, often outward expression of cheerfulness, fun, or celebration.

Tone: More external, lively, and festive.

Example: “The party was full of laughter and gaiety.”

Happiness

Meaning: A deep, lasting feeling of contentment, joy, or satisfaction.

Tone: More internal, steady, and broad.

Example: “She found happiness in her family and work.”

Quick Comparison:

Happiness is like a calm lake — deep and long-lasting.

Gaiety is like a fountain — bubbly, joyful, and expressive.

See also [ Plutchik's Wheel of Emotions ]

Emotions

Adoration • Affection • Aggravation • Agitation • Agony • Alarm • Alienation • Amazement • Amusement • Anger • Anguish • Annoyance • Anxiety • Apprehension • Arousal • Attraction • Bitterness • Bliss • Caring • Cheerfulness • Compassion • Contempt • Contentment • Crosspatch • Defeat • Dejection • Delight • Depression • Desire • Despair • Disappointment • Disgust • Dislike • Dismay • Displeasure • Distress • Dread • Eagerness • Ecstasy • Elation • Embarrassment • Enjoyment • Enthrallment • Enthusiasm • Envy • Euphoria • Exasperation • Excitement • Exhilaration • Fear • Ferocity • Fondness • Fright • Frustration • Fury • Gaiety • Gladness • Glee • Gloom • Grief • Guilt • Happiness • Hatred • Homesickness • Hope • Hopelessness • Horror • Hostility • Humiliation • Hurt • Hysteria • Infatuation • Insecurity • Insult • Irritation • Isolation • Jealousy • Jolliness • Joy • Jubilation • Liking • Loathing • Loneliness • Longing • Love • Lust • Melancholy • Misery • Mortification • Neglect • Nervousness • Optimism • Outrage • Panic • Passion • Pessimism • Pity • Pleasure • Pride • Rage • Rapture • Regret • Seasonal affective disorder • Rejection • Relief • Remorse • Resentment • Revulsion • Sadness • Satisfaction • Scorn • Sentimentality • Shame • Shock • Sorrow • Spite (sentiment) • Suffering • Surprise • Sympathy • Tenderness • Tenseness • Terror • Thrill • Torment • Uneasiness • Unhappiness • Vengefulness • Woe • Worry • Wrath • Zeal • Zest

External links

More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Gaiety ]

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