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clumsiness vs gracelessness

gracelessness vs clumsiness

clumsiness and gracelessness both are nouns.

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

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