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Happy vs. Jaunty — What's the Difference?

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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