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rigourousness vs sternness

sternness vs rigourousness

rigourousness and sternness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
rigourousness Yes No No No
sternness Yes No No No
As nouns, sternness is a hyponym of rigourousness; that is, sternness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rigourousness:
  • rigourousness: something hard to endure
  • sternness: the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding
As nouns, sternness is a hypernym of rigourousness; that is, sternness is a word with a broader meaning than rigourousness:
  • rigourousness: excessive sternness
  • sternness: uncompromising resolution
Other hypernyms of rigourousness include strictness.
rigourousness (noun) sternness (noun)
something hard to endure uncompromising resolution
excessive sternness the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding
Difference between rigourousness and sternness

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