Happy vs. Jaunty — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Happy and Jaunty
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Happy
Feeling or showing pleasure or contentment
They are happy to see me doing well
Melissa came in looking happy and excited
We're just happy that he's still alive
Jaunty
Having or expressing a buoyant or self-confident air
A jaunty grin.
A hat worn at a jaunty angle.
Happy
Fortunate and convenient
He had the happy knack of making people like him
Jaunty
Sprightly; lively
Walking at a jaunty pace.
Music with jaunty rhythms.
Happy
Inclined to use a specified thing excessively or at random
They tended to be grenade-happy
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Jaunty
Stylish.
Happy
Enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure, satisfaction, or joy
A happy child.
The happiest day of my life.
Jaunty
Genteel.
Happy
Cheerful; willing
Happy to help.
Jaunty
Airy; showy; finical.
Happy
Characterized by good luck
A happy sequence of events.
Jaunty
(by extension) Characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
Happy
Being especially well-adapted; felicitous
A happy turn of phrase.
Jaunty
Dapper or stylish.
He wore a jaunty outfit that was all the rage.
Happy
Characterized by a spontaneous or obsessive inclination to use something. Often used in combination
Trigger-happy.
Jaunty
Ostentatiously self-confident.
He walked down the street with a jaunty swaggering step, as if daring others less perfectly satisfied to intrude upon his good mood.
Happy
Enthusiastic about or involved with to a disproportionate degree. Often used in combination
Money-happy.
Clothes-happy.
Jaunty
(nautical) A master-at-arms onboard a Royal Navy ship
Happy
Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.
Music makes me feel happy.
Jaunty
Airy; showy; finical; hence, characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
Happy
Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.
Jaunty
Marked by smartness in dress and manners;
A dapper young man
A jaunty red hat
Happy
Content, willing, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).
Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?
Yes, I am happy with the decision.
Jaunty
Having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air;
Looking chipper, like a man...diverted by his own wit
Life that is gay, brisk, and debonair
Walked with a jaunty step
A jaunty optimist
Happy
(Of acts, speech, etc.) Appropriate, apt, felicitous.
A happy coincidence
Happy
(in combination) Favoring or inclined to use.
Slaphappy, trigger-happy
Happy
Dexterous, ready, skilful.
Happy
Implying 'May you have a happy ~' or similar; used in phrases to wish someone happiness or good fortune at the time of a festival, celebration, or other event or activity.
Happy birthday!, Happy Fourth of July!, Happy anniversary!, Happy job-hunting!
Happy
A happy event, thing, person, etc.
Happy
Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.
Happy
Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.
Happy
Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen.
Chymists have been more happy in finding experiments than the causes of them.
Happy
Experiencing the effect of favorable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous; as, happy hours, happy thoughts.
Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.
The learned is happy Nature to explore,The fool is happy that he knows no more.
Happy
Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.
One gentleman is happy at a reply, another excels in a in a rejoinder.
Happy
Enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure or good fortune;
A happy smile
Spent many happy days on the beach
A happy marriage
Happy
Experiencing pleasure or joy;
Happy you are here
Pleased with the good news
Happy
Marked by good fortune;
A felicitous life
A happy outcome
Happy
Satisfied; enjoying well-being and contentment;
Felt content with her lot
Quite happy to let things go on as they are
Happy
Exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation
Happy
Well expressed and to the point;
A happy turn of phrase
A few well-chosen words
A felicitous comment
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