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awkwardness vs gracelessness

gracelessness vs awkwardness

awkwardness and gracelessness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
awkwardness Yes No No No
gracelessness Yes No No No
As nouns, gracelessness is a hyponym of awkwardness; that is, gracelessness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than awkwardness:
  • awkwardness: the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
  • gracelessness: an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression
Other hyponyms of awkwardness include ungracefulness, gawkiness, ungainliness, stiffness.
As nouns, awkwardness and gracelessness are synonyms defined as:
  • awkwardness and gracelessness: the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
Other synonyms of awkwardness include clumsiness, stiffness.
awkwardness (noun) gracelessness (noun)
the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression
the quality of an embarrassing situation the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
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 gracelessness

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