✅ Validity generally refers to the quality or state of being valid or sound (They questioned the validity of the results).

✅ Legality refers to the quality or state of being legal or permitted by law (The legality of her driving was questionable).

✅ Validity and legality have quite similar meanings—however, validity often refers to the reliability of something in a court case or similar context (the validity of the evidence), whereas legality refers to whether or not something is actually allowed within the law (Are you certain about the legality of the plan?).

✅ Validity can be used in a range of contexts, not just legal ones (The chef supported the validity of her statement on whether pineapple belongs on pizza).

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✅ Earnest describes something that shows deep and sincere feeling (The best man gave an earnest speech).

✅ Heartfelt describes something that is deeply felt, or shows deep feeling (The politician gave a heartfelt apology).

✅ While both describe showing emotional vulnerability, earnest primarily suggests the idea of seriousness and sincerity, but doesn’t suggest a specific feeling or a particularly strong emotion (He gave an earnest apology).

✅ Heartfelt primarily suggests strong feelings and emotions (She gave him her heartfelt congratulations).

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✅ Film refers to a movie, or any other finished video recording (They made a film of her life story).

✅ Footage refers to an unfinished or unedited video recording, that then might be finished or edited (Let’s go and get some footage for the news report).

✅ Film almost always refers to finished footage used for entertainment. It can refer to a movie that tells some kind of story, or a home movie or video that you have made yourself—though it’s less common in that sense (Let’s watch the film of our wedding).

✅ Footage can refer to a recording made of a real-life incident that then may be used as part of a news report, police investigation, or similar (A witness provided us with video footage).

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