embarrassment vs excess

excess vs embarrassment

embarrassment and excess both are nouns.

embarrassment is not an adjective while excess is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
embarrassment	Yes	No	No	No
excess	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, excess is a hypernym of embarrassment; that is, excess is a word with a broader meaning than embarrassment:

embarrassment: extreme excess
excess: immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits

Other hypernyms of embarrassment include excessiveness, inordinateness.

embarrassment (noun)	excess (noun)
extreme excess	excessive indulgence
some event that causes someone to be embarrassed	immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public	a quantity much larger than is needed
the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)	the state of being more than full

embarrassment (adjective)	excess (adjective)
	more than is needed, desired, or required

Difference between embarrassment and excess

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