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pleasantness vs pleasance

pleasance vs pleasantness

pleasantness and pleasance both are nouns.

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

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