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perversity vs wilfulness

wilfulness vs perversity

perversity and wilfulness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
perversity Yes No No No
wilfulness Yes No No No
As nouns, wilfulness is a hypernym of perversity; that is, wilfulness is a word with a broader meaning than perversity:
  • perversity: deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
  • wilfulness: the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
Other hypernyms of perversity include fractiousness, unruliness, willfulness.
perversity (noun) wilfulness (noun)
deliberately deviating from what is good the trait of being prone to disobedience and lack of discipline
deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
Difference between perversity and wilfulness

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