bearing vs awkwardness

awkwardness vs bearing

bearing and awkwardness both are nouns.

bearing is an adjective but awkwardness is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
bearing	Yes	Yes	No	No
awkwardness	Yes	No	No	No

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

bearing: characteristic way of bearing one's body
awkwardness: the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant

Other hyponyms of bearing include manner of walking, walk, slouch, gracefulness, clumsiness.

bearing (noun)	awkwardness (noun)
a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily	the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield	the quality of an embarrassing situation
dignified manner or conduct	trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
characteristic way of bearing one's body	the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies	unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
relevant relation or interconnection

bearing (adjective)	awkwardness (adjective)
(of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain

Difference between bearing and awkwardness

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