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dissimilarity vs distinctiveness

distinctiveness vs dissimilarity

dissimilarity and distinctiveness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dissimilarity Yes No No No
distinctiveness Yes No No No
As nouns, distinctiveness is a hyponym of dissimilarity; that is, distinctiveness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dissimilarity:
  • dissimilarity: the quality of being dissimilar
  • distinctiveness: utter dissimilarity
Other hyponyms of dissimilarity include disparateness, heterology, dissimilitude, unlikeness, nonuniformity.
dissimilarity (noun) distinctiveness (noun)
the quality of being dissimilar utter dissimilarity
a distinguishing trait
Difference between dissimilarity and distinctiveness

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