clumsiness vs carriage

carriage vs clumsiness

clumsiness and carriage both are nouns.

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

As nouns, carriage is a hypernym of clumsiness; that is, carriage is a word with a broader meaning than clumsiness:

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

Other hypernyms of clumsiness include bearing, posture.

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

Difference between clumsiness and carriage

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