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apprehensiveness vs fearfulness

fearfulness vs apprehensiveness

apprehensiveness and fearfulness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
apprehensiveness Yes No No No
fearfulness Yes No No No
As nouns, fearfulness is a hypernym of apprehensiveness; that is, fearfulness is a word with a broader meaning than apprehensiveness:
  • apprehensiveness: fearful expectation or anticipation
  • fearfulness: an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
Other hypernyms of apprehensiveness include fear, fright.
apprehensiveness (noun) fearfulness (noun)
fearful expectation or anticipation the trait of being afraid
an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
Difference between apprehensiveness and fearfulness

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