nonattendance vs absence

nonattendance and absence both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
nonattendance	Yes	No	No	No
absence	Yes	No	No	No

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

nonattendance: the failure to attend
absence: failure to be present

Other hyponyms of nonattendance include nonappearance, hooky, truancy.

nonattendance (noun)	absence (noun)
the failure to attend	failure to be present
	the state of being absent
	the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
	the time interval during which something or somebody is away

nonattendance vs absence

nonattendance and absence both are nouns.

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