flat vs flatness

flatness vs flat

flat and flatness both are nouns.

flat is an adjective but flatness is not an adjective.

flat is an adverb but flatness is not an adverb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
flat	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
flatness	Yes	No	No	No

flat (noun)	flatness (noun)
a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house	the property of having two dimensions
scenery consisting of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas; part of a stage setting	inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy
a deflated pneumatic tire	the property of having little or no contrast; lacking highlights or gloss
freight car without permanent sides or roof	a deficiency in flavor
a shallow box in which seedlings are started	a want of animation or brilliance
a musical notation indicating one half step lower than the note named
a level tract of land

flat (adjective)	flatness (adjective)
(of a musical note) lowered in pitch by one chromatic semitone
lacking contrast or shading between tones
not reflecting light; not glossy
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
horizontally level
commercially inactive
lacking the expected range or depth; not designed to give an illusion or depth
having lost effervescence
having a relatively broad surface in relation to depth or thickness
lacking taste or flavor or tang
flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)
stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch
not modified or restricted by reservations
lacking stimulating characteristics; uninteresting

flat (adverb)	flatness (adverb)
in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
with flat sails

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