enormity vs immensity
immensity vs enormityenormity and immensity both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| enormity | Yes | No | No | No |
| immensity | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
immensity is a hypernym of
enormity; that is, immensity is a
word with a broader meaning than enormity:
- enormity: vastness of size or extent
- immensity: unusual largeness in size or extent or number
Other hypernyms of enormity include
enormousness, grandness, greatness, immenseness, sizeableness, vastness, wideness.
| enormity (noun) | immensity (noun) |
|---|---|
| an act of extreme wickedness | unusual largeness in size or extent or number |
| the quality of extreme wickedness | |
| the quality of being outrageous | |
| vastness of size or extent |
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