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harshness vs savagery

savagery vs harshness

harshness and savagery both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
harshness Yes No No No
savagery Yes No No No
As nouns, savagery is a hyponym of harshness; that is, savagery is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than harshness:
  • harshness: the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
  • savagery: the trait of extreme cruelty
Other hyponyms of harshness include brutality, ferociousness, viciousness, murderousness.
harshness (noun) savagery (noun)
the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses a brutal barbarous savage act
excessive sternness the trait of extreme cruelty
the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions the property of being untamed and ferocious
the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
Difference between harshness and savagery

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