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inconvenience vs awkwardness

awkwardness vs inconvenience

inconvenience and awkwardness both are nouns.

inconvenience is a verb but awkwardness is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
inconvenience Yes No Yes No
awkwardness Yes No No No
As nouns, awkwardness is a hyponym of inconvenience; that is, awkwardness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than inconvenience:
  • inconvenience: a difficulty that causes anxiety
  • awkwardness: trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
Other hyponyms of inconvenience include cumbersomeness, unwieldiness, flea bite, fly in the ointment, unwieldiness.
inconvenience (noun) awkwardness (noun)
the quality of not being useful or convenient the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
a difficulty that causes anxiety the quality of an embarrassing situation
an inconvenient discomfort trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
inconvenience (verb) awkwardness (verb)
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
Difference between inconvenience and awkwardness

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