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plaintiveness vs mournfulness

mournfulness vs plaintiveness

plaintiveness and mournfulness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
plaintiveness Yes No No No
mournfulness Yes No No No
As nouns, mournfulness is a hypernym of plaintiveness; that is, mournfulness is a word with a broader meaning than plaintiveness:
  • plaintiveness: expressing sorrowfulness
  • mournfulness: a state of gloomy sorrow
Other hypernyms of plaintiveness include ruthfulness, sorrowfulness.
plaintiveness (noun) mournfulness (noun)
expressing sorrowfulness a state of gloomy sorrow
Difference between plaintiveness and mournfulness

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