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extravagancy vs excessiveness

excessiveness vs extravagancy

extravagancy and excessiveness both are nouns.

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

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