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plaintiveness vs sorrowfulness

sorrowfulness vs plaintiveness

plaintiveness and sorrowfulness both are nouns.

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

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