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roguishness vs mischievousness

mischievousness vs roguishness

roguishness and mischievousness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
roguishness Yes No No No
mischievousness Yes No No No
As nouns, roguishness and mischievousness are synonyms defined as:
  • roguishness and mischievousness: reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
Other synonyms of roguishness include devilment, devilry, deviltry, mischief-making, mischief, rascality, roguery, shenanigan.
As nouns, mischievousness is a hypernym of roguishness; that is, mischievousness is a word with a broader meaning than roguishness:
  • roguishness: the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks
  • mischievousness: an attribute of mischievous children
Other hypernyms of roguishness include badness, naughtiness.
roguishness (noun) mischievousness (noun)
reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others
the trait of indulging in disreputable pranks an attribute of mischievous children
the trait of behaving like an imp
Difference between roguishness and mischievousness

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