attribute vs cheerfulness

cheerfulness vs attribute

attribute and cheerfulness both are nouns.

attribute is a verb but cheerfulness is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
attribute	Yes	No	Yes	No
cheerfulness	Yes	No	No	No

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

attribute: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity
cheerfulness: the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom

Other hyponyms of attribute include state, form, shape, time, infinite, space, human nature, trait, character, thing, common denominator, personality, cheer, sunniness, sunshine, uncheerfulness, ballast, ethos, eidos, quality, property, heritage, inheritance, depth.

attribute (noun)	cheerfulness (noun)
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity	the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom
a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished	a feeling of spontaneous good spirits

attribute (verb)	cheerfulness (verb)
attribute or credit to
decide as to where something belongs in a scheme

Difference between attribute and cheerfulness

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