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appearance vs plainness

plainness vs appearance

appearance and plainness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
appearance Yes No No No
plainness Yes No No No
As nouns, plainness is a hyponym of appearance; that is, plainness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than appearance:
  • appearance: outward or visible aspect of a person or thing
  • plainness: an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful
Other hyponyms of appearance include agerasia, look, view, color, colour, complexion, effect, impression, linear perspective, perspective, phase, vanishing point, superficies, format, cast, form, shape, image, persona, color, colour, gloss, semblance, face, countenance, visage, hairiness, pilosity, hairlessness, beauty, ugliness, deformity, disfiguration, disfigurement, homeliness, blemish, defect, mar, discoloration, discolouration, stain, elaborateness, ornateness, decorativeness, etiolation, sleekness, unbecomingness, toothlessness.
appearance (noun) plainness (noun)
the act of appearing in public view the appearance of being plain and unpretentious
formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful
pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression clarity as a consequence of being perspicuous
outward or visible aspect of a person or thing the state of being unmixed with other material
a mental representation
the event of coming into sight
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