contentment vs. happiness?

[drphill]

Is being content different than being happy?

[redhead23]

http://www.tiewarehouse.co.uk/index.php?cPath= 24_159

[IggyB]

i would argue that contentment can be achieved without happiness but happiness cannot be achieved without contentment.

e.g. contentment is the base that must be achieved (enough food, shelter, love etc) that must be in place before happiness can be found

[knobbynonuts]

You have done it again iggy havent you

[VS Prasad]

Contentment means 'happiness with one's situation in life'.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/contentment

http://ultralingua.com/onlinedictionary/index. html?service=ee&text=contentment

http://www.rhymezone.com/r/rhyme.cgi?Word=cont entment

http://poets.notredame.ac.jp/cgi-bin/wn?cmd=wn &word=contentment

http://lookwayup.com/lwu.exe/lwu/d?s=f&w=conte ntment

For the word 'contentment', thesaurus gives the words -
contented, comfortable, happy, serene, at peace, gratified,
appeased, relaxed, cheerful, agreeable, placid.

http://www.allwords.com/query.php?SearchType=3 &Keyword=Contentment&goquery=Find+it%21&Langua ge=ENG

The meaning of happiness is 'a state of well-being
characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to
intense joy'.

http://lookwayup.com/lwu.exe/lwu/d?s=f&w=happi ness

http://ultralingua.com/onlinedictionary/index. html?service=ee&text=happiness

Happiness, Felicity, Blessedness, Bliss - Happiness is
generic, and is applied to almost every kind of enjoyment
....

09:42 Mon 07th May 2007