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opaqueness vs murkiness

murkiness vs opaqueness

opaqueness and murkiness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
opaqueness Yes No No No
murkiness Yes No No No
As nouns, murkiness is a hyponym of opaqueness; that is, murkiness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than opaqueness:
  • opaqueness: the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light
  • murkiness: the quality of being cloudy
Other hyponyms of opaqueness include cloudiness, muddiness, blurriness, fogginess, fuzziness, indistinctness, softness.
opaqueness (noun) murkiness (noun)
the quality of being opaque to a degree; the degree to which something reduces the passage of light the quality of being cloudy
incomprehensibility resulting from obscurity of meaning an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance
Difference between opaqueness and murkiness

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