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maladroitness vs heavy-handedness

heavy-handedness vs maladroitness

maladroitness and heavy-handedness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
maladroitness Yes No No No
heavy-handedness Yes No No No
As nouns, heavy-handedness is a hyponym of maladroitness; that is, heavy-handedness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than maladroitness:
  • maladroitness: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
  • heavy-handedness: The property of being clumsy and awkward, and thus excessive.
Other hyponyms of maladroitness include rustiness, ham-fistedness, ham-handedness.
maladroitness (noun) heavy-handedness (noun)
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training The property of being clumsy and awkward, and thus excessive.
Difference between maladroitness and heavy-handedness

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