flatness vs flat

flat vs flatness

flatness and flat both are nouns.

flatness is not an adjective while flat is an adjective.

flatness is not an adverb while flat is an adverb.

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

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

flatness (adjective)	flat (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

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

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