apprehensiveness vs foreboding
foreboding vs apprehensivenessapprehensiveness and foreboding both are nouns.
apprehensiveness is not an adjective while foreboding is an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| apprehensiveness | Yes | No | No | No |
| foreboding | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As nouns,
foreboding is a hyponym of
apprehensiveness; that is, foreboding is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
apprehensiveness:
- apprehensiveness: fearful expectation or anticipation
- foreboding: a feeling of evil to come
Other hyponyms of apprehensiveness include
trepidation, boding, premonition, presentiment, suspense, gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness, chill, pall.
| apprehensiveness (noun) | foreboding (noun) |
|---|---|
| fearful expectation or anticipation | an unfavorable omen |
| a feeling of evil to come |
| apprehensiveness (adjective) | foreboding (adjective) |
|---|---|
| ominously prophetic |
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