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offensiveness vs unpleasantness

unpleasantness vs offensiveness

offensiveness and unpleasantness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
offensiveness Yes No No No
unpleasantness Yes No No No
As nouns, unpleasantness is a hypernym of offensiveness; that is, unpleasantness is a word with a broader meaning than offensiveness:
  • offensiveness: the quality of being offensive
  • unpleasantness: the quality of giving displeasure
offensiveness (noun) unpleasantness (noun)
the quality of being offensive the quality of giving displeasure
the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling
Difference between offensiveness and unpleasantness

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