affectionateness vs attachment

affectionateness and attachment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
affectionateness	Yes	No	No	No
attachment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, attachment is a hyponym of affectionateness; that is, attachment is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than affectionateness:

affectionateness: a positive feeling of liking
attachment: a feeling of affection for a person or an institution

Other hyponyms of affectionateness include fond regard, protectiveness, regard, respect, soft spot.

affectionateness (noun)	attachment (noun)
a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love	the act of fastening things together
a positive feeling of liking	the act of attaching or affixing something
	faithful support for a cause or political party or religion
	a supplementary part or accessory
	a connection that fastens things together
	a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
	a feeling of affection for a person or an institution

affectionateness vs attachment

affectionateness and attachment both are nouns.

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