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gawkiness vs awkwardness

awkwardness vs gawkiness

gawkiness and awkwardness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
gawkiness Yes No No No
awkwardness Yes No No No
As nouns, awkwardness is a hypernym of gawkiness; that is, awkwardness is a word with a broader meaning than gawkiness:
  • gawkiness: the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant
  • awkwardness: the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
Other hypernyms of gawkiness include clumsiness.
gawkiness (noun) awkwardness (noun)
the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
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
Difference between gawkiness and awkwardness

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