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heavy-handedness vs clumsiness

clumsiness vs heavy-handedness

heavy-handedness and clumsiness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
heavy-handedness Yes No No No
clumsiness Yes No No No
As nouns, clumsiness is a hypernym of heavy-handedness; that is, clumsiness is a word with a broader meaning than heavy-handedness:
  • heavy-handedness: The property of being clumsy and awkward, and thus excessive.
  • clumsiness: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
Other hypernyms of heavy-handedness include awkwardness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness, slowness.
heavy-handedness (noun) clumsiness (noun)
The property of being clumsy and awkward, and thus excessive. the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
Difference between heavy-handedness and clumsiness

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