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cleanness vs purity

purity vs cleanness

cleanness and purity both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cleanness Yes No No No
purity Yes No No No
As nouns, purity is a hypernym of cleanness; that is, purity is a word with a broader meaning than cleanness:
  • cleanness: without moral defects
  • purity: the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
Other hypernyms of cleanness include innocence, pureness, sinlessness, whiteness.
cleanness (noun) purity (noun)
the state of being clean; without dirt or other impurities a woman's virtue or chastity
without moral defects being undiluted or unmixed with extraneous material
the state of being unsullied by sin or moral wrong; lacking a knowledge of evil
Difference between cleanness and purity

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