carriage vs awkwardness

awkwardness vs carriage

carriage and awkwardness both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

carriage (noun)	awkwardness (noun)
a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses	the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
a railcar where passengers ride	the quality of an embarrassing situation
a machine part that carries something else	trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around	the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
characteristic way of bearing one's body	unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

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