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left-handedness vs handedness

handedness vs left-handedness

left-handedness and handedness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
left-handedness Yes No No No
handedness Yes No No No
As nouns, handedness is a hypernym of left-handedness; that is, handedness is a word with a broader meaning than left-handedness:
  • left-handedness: preference for using the left hand
  • handedness: the property of using one hand more than the other
Other hypernyms of left-handedness include laterality.
left-handedness (noun) handedness (noun)
preference for using the left hand the property of using one hand more than the other
the status of being born of a morganatic marriage
Difference between left-handedness and handedness

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