feeling vs faintness

faintness vs feeling

feeling and faintness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
feeling	Yes	No	No	No
faintness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, faintness is a hyponym of feeling; that is, faintness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than feeling:

feeling: the experiencing of affective and emotional states
faintness: a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon

Other hyponyms of feeling include affect, emotion, thing, glow, soul, soulfulness, passion, passionateness, sentiment, complex, ambivalence, ambivalency, apathy, desire, sex, sexual urge, pleasance, pleasure, pain, painfulness, pang, stab, twinge, liking, dislike, gratitude, ingratitude, ungratefulness, unconcern, shame, pride, pridefulness, humbleness, humility, amazement, astonishment, devastation, expectation, levity, gravity, solemnity, sensitiveness, sensitivity, agitation, calmness, bravery, fearlessness, happiness, sadness, unhappiness, hope, despair, affection, affectionateness, fondness, heart, philia, tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness, humor, humour, mood, temper, fellow feeling, sympathy, enthusiasm, anchorage, disinterest.

feeling (noun)	faintness (noun)
the experiencing of affective and emotional states	the quality of being dim or lacking contrast
an intuitive understanding of something	barely audible
a physical sensation that you experience	the property of being without strength
the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin	the trait of lacking boldness and courage
a vague idea in which some confidence is placed	a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

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