different between amity vs conviviality

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French amitié, from Vulgar Latin *am?cit?s, *am?cit?tem, from Latin am?cus (“friendly, a friend”) (based on am?citia, from am? (“I love”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æ.m?.ti/, [?æ.m?.?i]

Noun

amity (plural amities)

1. (formal, literary) Friendship. The cooperative and supportive relationship between people, or animals. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, affection, and respect along with a degree of rendering service to friends in times of need or crisis.
   • 1922, Thomas Hardy, “Welcome Home,” in Lyrics Late and Earlier

     To my native place / Bent upon returning, / Bosom all day burning / To be where my race / Well were known, 'twas much with me / There to dwell in amity.

2. Mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord.

Synonyms

• friendliness
• friendship

Antonyms

• enmity
• hostility
• enemyship

Related terms

• amiable
• amicable
• amorous

Translations

Further reading

• amity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• amity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• amity at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• atimy

English

Noun

conviviality (countable and uncountable, plural convivialities)

1. (uncountable) The state of being convivial
   • 2009, Gary Clark, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 8:

     He will not abide intellectually lazy thinking or any form of acquiescence to political correctness and its facile rituals of politeness and forced conviviality.

2. (countable) A jovial spirit or activity