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pleasance vs pleasantness

pleasantness vs pleasance

pleasance and pleasantness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pleasance Yes No No No
pleasantness Yes No No No
As nouns, pleasantness is a hyponym of pleasance; that is, pleasantness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pleasance:
  • pleasance: a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience
  • pleasantness: the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling
Other hyponyms of pleasance include delectation, delight, enjoyment, comfort, sexual pleasure.
pleasance (noun) pleasantness (noun)
a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience the quality of giving pleasure
a pleasant and secluded part of a garden; usually attached to a mansion the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling
Difference between pleasance and pleasantness

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