condescendingness vs affability

condescendingness and affability both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
condescendingness	Yes	No	No	No
affability	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, affability is a hypernym of condescendingness; that is, affability is a word with a broader meaning than condescendingness:

condescendingness: affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank
affability: a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)

Other hypernyms of condescendingness include affableness, amiability, amiableness, bonhomie, geniality.

condescendingness (noun)	affability (noun)
affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank	a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk to)