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clumsiness vs gawkiness

gawkiness vs clumsiness

clumsiness and gawkiness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
clumsiness Yes No No No
gawkiness Yes No No No
As nouns, gawkiness is a hyponym of clumsiness; that is, gawkiness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than clumsiness:
  • clumsiness: the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
  • gawkiness: the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant
Other hyponyms of clumsiness include gracelessness, ungracefulness, ungainliness, stiffness.
clumsiness (noun) gawkiness (noun)
the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
Difference between clumsiness and gawkiness

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