different between novelty vs originality

English

Etymology

From Middle English novelte, from Old French novelté (Modern French nouveauté), from the adjective novel, ultimately from Latin novellus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?v?lti/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?v?lti/
• Hyphenation: nov?el?ty

Noun

novelty (countable and uncountable, plural novelties)

1. The state of being new or novel; newness.
2. A new product; an innovation.
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 10.

     Reconciling profound enquiry with clearness, and truth with novelty.

3. A small mass-produced trinket.
4. In novelty theory, newness, density of complexification, and dynamic change as opposed to static habituation.

Derived terms

• novelty song
• novelty theory

Translations

English

Etymology

From French originalité. Surface etymology is original +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????d???næl?ti/

Noun

originality (countable and uncountable, plural originalities)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being original or novel.
2. (uncountable) The capacity to think independently or be inventive.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 132:

     Originality may be the capacity to look at the same facts and see new explanations.

3. (countable) Something original.

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Further reading

• "originality" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 230.