Difference between Merry and Jolly

What is the difference between Merry and Jolly?

Merry as an adjective is jolly and full of high-spirits while Jolly as an adjective is full of high and merry spirits; jovial.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Jolly and full of high-spirits Festive and full of fun and laughter Brisk happy or showing enjoyment

Example sentence: Happy and alone, you say? Reclusive and merry? How oxymoronic! Pas possible! Alas, the concept is lost on so many.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Full of high and merry spirits; jovial.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a pleasure trip or excursion

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: very, extremely

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To amuse or divert.

Example sentence: Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world.

We hope you now know whether to use Merry or Jolly in your sentence.