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deceptiveness vs speciousness

speciousness vs deceptiveness

deceptiveness and speciousness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
deceptiveness Yes No No No
speciousness Yes No No No
As nouns, speciousness is a hyponym of deceptiveness; that is, speciousness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than deceptiveness:
  • deceptiveness: the quality of being deceptive
  • speciousness: an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility
Other hyponyms of deceptiveness include meretriciousness.
deceptiveness (noun) speciousness (noun)
the quality of being deceptive an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility
Difference between deceptiveness and speciousness

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