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absorbency vs permeableness

permeableness vs absorbency

absorbency and permeableness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
absorbency Yes No No No
permeableness Yes No No No
As nouns, permeableness is a hypernym of absorbency; that is, permeableness is a word with a broader meaning than absorbency:
  • absorbency: the property of being absorbent
  • permeableness: the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
Other hypernyms of absorbency include permeability.
absorbency (noun) permeableness (noun)
the property of being absorbent the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
Difference between absorbency and permeableness

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