apprehensiveness vs pall

pall vs apprehensiveness

apprehensiveness and pall both are nouns.

apprehensiveness is not a verb while pall is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
apprehensiveness	Yes	No	No	No
pall	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

apprehensiveness: fearful expectation or anticipation
pall: a sudden numbing dread

Other hyponyms of apprehensiveness include trepidation, boding, foreboding, premonition, presentiment, suspense, gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness, chill.

apprehensiveness (noun)	pall (noun)
fearful expectation or anticipation	hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
	burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
	a sudden numbing dread

apprehensiveness (verb)	pall (verb)
	lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
	lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to)
	become less interesting or attractive
	lose sparkle or bouquet
	cause to become flat
	cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing
	cover with a pall
	cause to lose courage; to be daunted; to be scared away

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