Can someone please help me understand the context of the different ways of saying "happy" in Chinese 快乐, 开心, 高兴, .etc

Hello everyone, this Chinese New Year I saw the word 快乐 a lot, which is an adjective that means "happy", the thing is I also have seen some other adjectives with the same meaning, for example 开心 and 高兴 (but not only these), I suppose we use each one (along with the other existent words) in different contexts, for example we use 高兴 in the phrase 很高兴认识你

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Can any of you guys give me some examples of how and when to use the different words? Also I would appreciate knowing about other words used to say "happy" as well as synonyms and antonyms.

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I'm just curious about it, I think learning these subtleties is essential to effective communication.

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Thanks in advance!

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