inwardness vs hypostasis

hypostasis vs inwardness

inwardness and hypostasis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
inwardness	Yes	No	No	No
hypostasis	Yes	No	No	No

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

inwardness: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience
hypostasis: (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality

Other hyponyms of inwardness include bare bones, haecceity, quiddity, quintessence, stuff.

inwardness (noun)	hypostasis (noun)
the quality or state of being inward or internal	(metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality
preoccupation with what concerns human inner nature (especially ethical or ideological values)	any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united
preoccupation especially with one's attitudes and ethical or ideological values	the accumulation of blood in an organ
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience	the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene

Difference between inwardness and hypostasis

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