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gracelessness vs clumsiness

clumsiness vs gracelessness

gracelessness and clumsiness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
gracelessness Yes No No No
clumsiness Yes No No No
As nouns, clumsiness is a hypernym of gracelessness; that is, clumsiness is a word with a broader meaning than gracelessness:
  • gracelessness: an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression
  • clumsiness: the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
Other hypernyms of gracelessness include awkwardness.
As nouns, gracelessness and clumsiness are synonyms defined as:
  • gracelessness and clumsiness: the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
Other synonyms of gracelessness include awkwardness, stiffness.
gracelessness (noun) clumsiness (noun)
an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
Difference between gracelessness and clumsiness

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