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permeableness vs porousness

porousness vs permeableness

permeableness and porousness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
permeableness Yes No No No
porousness Yes No No No
As nouns, porousness is a hypernym of permeableness; that is, porousness is a word with a broader meaning than permeableness:
  • permeableness: the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion)
  • porousness: the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
Other hypernyms of permeableness include porosity.
permeableness (noun) porousness (noun)
the property of something that can be pervaded by a liquid (as by osmosis or diffusion) the property of being porous; being able to absorb fluids
Difference between permeableness and porousness

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