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extravagance vs excessiveness

excessiveness vs extravagance

extravagance and excessiveness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
extravagance Yes No No No
excessiveness Yes No No No
As nouns, excessiveness is a hypernym of extravagance; that is, excessiveness is a word with a broader meaning than extravagance:
  • extravagance: the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
  • excessiveness: immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
Other hypernyms of extravagance include excess, inordinateness.
extravagance (noun) excessiveness (noun)
the activity of excessive spending immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits
the trait of spending extravagantly
the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth
Difference between extravagance and excessiveness

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