attentiveness vs sharp-sightedness

sharp-sightedness vs attentiveness

attentiveness and sharp-sightedness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
attentiveness	Yes	No	No	No
sharp-sightedness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sharp-sightedness is a hyponym of attentiveness; that is, sharp-sightedness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than attentiveness:

attentiveness: the trait of being observant and paying attention
sharp-sightedness: lively attentiveness

Other hyponyms of attentiveness include carefulness, heedfulness, mindfulness, carefulness, caution, cautiousness, alertness, on the qui vive, vigilance, watchfulness, weather eye, heedlessness, inadvertence, inadvertency, unmindfulness.

attentiveness (noun)	sharp-sightedness (noun)
the trait of being considerate and thoughtful of others	lively attentiveness
the trait of being observant and paying attention	sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)
paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)

Difference between attentiveness and sharp-sightedness

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