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harmfulness vs insidiousness

insidiousness vs harmfulness

harmfulness and insidiousness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
harmfulness Yes No No No
insidiousness Yes No No No
As nouns, insidiousness is a hyponym of harmfulness; that is, insidiousness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than harmfulness:
  • harmfulness: destructiveness that causes harm or injury
  • insidiousness: subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease)
Other hyponyms of harmfulness include virulence, virulency, ruinousness.
harmfulness (noun) insidiousness (noun)
destructiveness that causes harm or injury subtle and cumulative harmfulness (especially of a disease)
the quality of being noxious the quality of being designed to entrap
Difference between harmfulness and insidiousness

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