different between quickness vs ephemerality

English

Etymology

From Middle English quiknes, qwiknes, quyknesse, cwicnesse, equivalent to quick +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kw?kn?s/

Noun

quickness (countable and uncountable, plural quicknesses)

1. rapidity of movement or activity; agility or dexterity

   The quickness of the hand deceives the eye.

Derived terms

• with a quickness

Translations

English

Etymology

ephemeral +? -ity

Noun

ephemerality (countable and uncountable, plural ephemeralities)

1. (uncountable) The state or condition of being ephemeral; transience.
2. (countable) Something that is ephemeral.
   • 1961, Lewis Mumford, The City in History, Harcourt, Brace & World, p. 242:

     So, too, the multiplication of bathrooms and the over-expenditure on broadly paved motor roads, and above all, the massive collective concentration on glib ephemeralities of all kinds, performed with supreme technical audacity.

Synonyms

• (state or condition of being ephemeral): ephemeralness, evanescence, impermanence, transience, transiency, volatility; see also Thesaurus:transience