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pleasantness vs niceness

niceness vs pleasantness

pleasantness and niceness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
pleasantness Yes No No No
niceness Yes No No No
As nouns, niceness is a hyponym of pleasantness; that is, niceness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than pleasantness:
  • pleasantness: the quality of giving pleasure
  • niceness: the quality of nice
Other hyponyms of pleasantness include pleasingness, agreeableness, amenity, enjoyableness.
pleasantness (noun) niceness (noun)
the quality of giving pleasure the quality of nice
the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze
a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
Difference between pleasantness and niceness

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