gaucherie vs awkwardness

gaucherie and awkwardness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
gaucherie	Yes	No	No	No
awkwardness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, awkwardness is a hypernym of gaucherie; that is, awkwardness is a word with a broader meaning than gaucherie:

gaucherie: the quality of being rustic or gauche
awkwardness: the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

Other hypernyms of gaucherie include clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness.

gaucherie (noun)	awkwardness (noun)
a socially awkward or tactless act	the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
the quality of being rustic or gauche	the quality of an embarrassing situation
	trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
	the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
	unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training