affectionateness vs tenderness

affectionateness and tenderness both are nouns.

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

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

affectionateness: a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love
tenderness: a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling

Other hyponyms of affectionateness include uxoriousness.

As nouns, affectionateness and tenderness are synonyms defined as:

affectionateness and tenderness: a positive feeling of liking

Other synonyms of affectionateness include affection, fondness, heart, philia, warmheartedness, warmness.

affectionateness (noun)	tenderness (noun)
a quality proceeding from feelings of affection or love	a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling
a positive feeling of liking	a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless)
	a positive feeling of liking
	warm compassionate feelings
	a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)

affectionateness vs tenderness

affectionateness and tenderness both are nouns.

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