Levity vs. Brevity — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Levity and Brevity
ADVERTISEMENT
Definitions
Levity
The treatment of a serious matter with humour or lack of due respect
As an attempt to introduce a note of levity, the words were a disastrous flop
Brevity
Concise and exact use of words in writing or speech
For brevity, it is worth using these little symbols
The staff will edit manuscripts with a view to brevity and clarity
Levity
Humor, merriment, or a lack of seriousness, especially when inappropriate
A subject that should not be treated with levity.
Brevity
The quality or state of being brief in duration.
Levity
(Archaic) Inconstancy; changeableness.
ADVERTISEMENT
Brevity
Concise expression; terseness.
Levity
(Archaic) The state or quality of being light; buoyancy.
Brevity
(uncountable) The quality of being brief in duration.
Levity
Lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; lack of appropriate seriousness; inclination to make a joke of serious matters.
Brevity
(uncountable) Succinctness; conciseness.
ADVERTISEMENT
Levity
(obsolete) Lack of steadiness.
Brevity
A short piece of writing.
Levity
The state or quality of being light, buoyancy.
Brevity
Shortness of duration; briefness of time; as, the brevity of human life.
Levity
(countable) A lighthearted or frivolous act.
Brevity
Contraction into few words; conciseness.
Brevity is the soul of wit.
This argument is stated by St. John with his usual elegant brevity and simplicity.
Levity
The quality of weighing less than something else of equal bulk; relative lightness, especially as shown by rising through, or floating upon, a contiguous substance; buoyancy; - opposed to gravity.
He gave the form of levity to that which ascended; to that which descended, the form of gravity.
This bubble by reason of its comparative levity to the fluidity that incloses it, would ascend to the top.
Brevity
The use of brief expressions
Levity
Lack of gravity and earnestness in deportment or character; trifling gayety; frivolity; sportiveness; vanity.
He never employed his omnipotence out of levity.
Brevity
The attribute of being brief or fleeting
Levity
Lack of steadiness or constancy; disposition to change; fickleness; volatility.
The levity that is fatigued and disgusted with everything of which it is in possession.
Levity
Feeling an inappropriate lack of seriousness
Levity
Lightness of manner
