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harmfulness vs virulence

virulence vs harmfulness

harmfulness and virulence both are nouns.

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

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