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frightfulness vs dreadfulness

dreadfulness vs frightfulness

frightfulness and dreadfulness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
frightfulness Yes No No No
dreadfulness Yes No No No
As nouns, dreadfulness is a hypernym of frightfulness; that is, dreadfulness is a word with a broader meaning than frightfulness:
  • frightfulness: the quality of being frightful
  • dreadfulness: a quality of extreme unpleasantness
Other hypernyms of frightfulness include awfulness, horridness, terribleness.
frightfulness (noun) dreadfulness (noun)
the quality of being frightful a quality of extreme unpleasantness
Difference between frightfulness and dreadfulness

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