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clumsiness vs stiffness

stiffness vs clumsiness

clumsiness and stiffness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
clumsiness Yes No No No
stiffness Yes No No No
As nouns, stiffness is a hyponym of clumsiness; that is, stiffness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than clumsiness:
  • clumsiness: the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
  • stiffness: the property of moving with pain or difficulty
Other hyponyms of clumsiness include gracelessness, ungracefulness, gawkiness, ungainliness.
As nouns, clumsiness and stiffness are synonyms defined as:
  • clumsiness and stiffness: the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
Other synonyms of clumsiness include awkwardness, gracelessness.
clumsiness (noun) stiffness (noun)
the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) the property of moving with pain or difficulty
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
excessive sternness
firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
Difference between clumsiness and stiffness

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