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ingenuousness vs frankness

frankness vs ingenuousness

ingenuousness and frankness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ingenuousness Yes No No No
frankness Yes No No No
As nouns, frankness is a hypernym of ingenuousness; that is, frankness is a word with a broader meaning than ingenuousness:
  • ingenuousness: openly straightforward or frank
  • frankness: the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
Other hypernyms of ingenuousness include candidness, candor, candour, directness, forthrightness.
ingenuousness (noun) frankness (noun)
openly straightforward or frank the quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
the quality of innocent naivete the trait of being blunt and outspoken
Difference between ingenuousness and frankness

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