levity vs sadness

levity

noun
  • A lighthearted or frivolous act. 

  • The state or quality of being light, buoyancy. 

  • Lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; lack of appropriate seriousness; inclination to make a joke of serious matters. 

sadness

noun
  • The state or emotion of being sad. 

  • An event in one's life that causes sadness. 

How often have the words levity and sadness occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )