Happiness might be well associated with a specific mental state or emotion while well-being is really one's overall health. Someone who is in a very good posit

Happiness might be well associated with a specific mental state or emotion while well-being is really one's overall health. Someone who is in a very good position, and general state of well being will have bouts of every emotion, and surely won't be 'happy' in every moment. Though surely one could make the case that 'general happiness' and 'general well being' are the same thing if they wanted to.