intensiveness vs severeness

severeness vs intensiveness

intensiveness and severeness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
intensiveness	Yes	No	No	No
severeness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, severeness is a hyponym of intensiveness; that is, severeness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than intensiveness:

intensiveness: high level or degree; the property of being intense
severeness: used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather

Other hyponyms of intensiveness include force, forcefulness, strength, badness, severity, emphasis, vehemence, top, ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness, headiness.

intensiveness (noun)	severeness (noun)
high level or degree; the property of being intense	extreme plainness
	excessive sternness
	something hard to endure
	used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather

Difference between intensiveness and severeness

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