roughness vs harshness

harshness vs roughness

roughness and harshness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
roughness	Yes	No	No	No
harshness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, harshness is a hyponym of roughness; that is, harshness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than roughness:

roughness: a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven
harshness: the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions

Other hyponyms of roughness include scaliness, coarseness, nubbiness, tweediness, burl, knot, slub, abrasiveness, scratchiness, coarseness, graininess, granularity, shagginess, bumpiness, bristliness, prickliness, spininess, thorniness.

As nouns, roughness and harshness are synonyms defined as:

roughness and harshness: the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses

roughness (noun)	harshness (noun)
harsh or severe speech or behavior	the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses
a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven	excessive sternness
the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses	the roughness of a substance that causes abrasions
an unpolished unrefined quality	the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance
the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion
used of the sea during inclement or stormy weather
rowdy behavior

Difference between roughness and harshness

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