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mournfulness vs plaintiveness

plaintiveness vs mournfulness

mournfulness and plaintiveness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
mournfulness Yes No No No
plaintiveness Yes No No No
As nouns, plaintiveness is a hyponym of mournfulness; that is, plaintiveness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mournfulness:
  • mournfulness: a state of gloomy sorrow
  • plaintiveness: expressing sorrowfulness
Other hyponyms of mournfulness include woe, woefulness.
mournfulness (noun) plaintiveness (noun)
a state of gloomy sorrow expressing sorrowfulness
Difference between mournfulness and plaintiveness

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