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reluctance vs involuntariness

involuntariness vs reluctance

reluctance and involuntariness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
reluctance Yes No No No
involuntariness Yes No No No
As nouns, involuntariness is a hypernym of reluctance; that is, involuntariness is a word with a broader meaning than reluctance:
  • reluctance: a certain degree of unwillingness
  • involuntariness: the trait of being unwilling
Other hypernyms of reluctance include unwillingness.
reluctance (noun) involuntariness (noun)
a certain degree of unwillingness the trait of being unwilling
(physics) opposition to magnetic flux (analogous to electric resistance)
Difference between reluctance and involuntariness

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