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awkwardness vs gawkiness

gawkiness vs awkwardness

awkwardness and gawkiness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
awkwardness Yes No No No
gawkiness Yes No No No
As nouns, gawkiness is a hyponym of awkwardness; that is, gawkiness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than awkwardness:
  • awkwardness: the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
  • gawkiness: the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant
Other hyponyms of awkwardness include gracelessness, ungracefulness, ungainliness, stiffness.
awkwardness (noun) gawkiness (noun)
the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant
the quality of an embarrassing situation
trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
Difference between awkwardness and gawkiness

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