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aggressiveness vs hostility

hostility vs aggressiveness

aggressiveness and hostility both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
aggressiveness Yes No No No
hostility Yes No No No
As nouns, hostility is a hypernym of aggressiveness; that is, hostility is a word with a broader meaning than aggressiveness:
  • aggressiveness: a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack
  • hostility: the feeling of a hostile person
Other hypernyms of aggressiveness include enmity, ill will.
aggressiveness (noun) hostility (noun)
the quality of being bold and enterprising violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
a natural disposition to be hostile a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack the feeling of a hostile person
a state of deep-seated ill-will
Difference between aggressiveness and hostility

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