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murkiness vs turbidity

turbidity vs murkiness

murkiness and turbidity both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
murkiness Yes No No No
turbidity Yes No No No
As nouns, turbidity is a hyponym of murkiness; that is, turbidity is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than murkiness:
  • murkiness: the quality of being cloudy
  • turbidity: muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended
Other hyponyms of murkiness include turbidness, haziness, mistiness, steaminess, vaporousness, vapourousness.
murkiness (noun) turbidity (noun)
the quality of being cloudy muddiness created by stirring up sediment or having foreign particles suspended
an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
Difference between murkiness and turbidity

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