foreboding vs apprehensiveness
apprehensiveness vs forebodingforeboding and apprehensiveness both are nouns.
foreboding is an adjective but apprehensiveness is not an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| foreboding | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| apprehensiveness | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
apprehensiveness is a hypernym of
foreboding; that is, apprehensiveness is a
word with a broader meaning than foreboding:
- foreboding: a feeling of evil to come
- apprehensiveness: fearful expectation or anticipation
Other hypernyms of foreboding include
apprehension, dread.
| foreboding (noun) | apprehensiveness (noun) |
|---|---|
| an unfavorable omen | fearful expectation or anticipation |
| a feeling of evil to come |
| foreboding (adjective) | apprehensiveness (adjective) |
|---|---|
| ominously prophetic |
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