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reluctance vs unwillingness

unwillingness vs reluctance

reluctance and unwillingness both are nouns.

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

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