roughness vs tweediness

tweediness vs roughness

roughness and tweediness both are nouns.

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

As nouns, tweediness is a hyponym of roughness; that is, tweediness 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
tweediness: looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)

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

roughness (noun)	tweediness (noun)
harsh or severe speech or behavior	looseness or roughness in texture (as of cloth)
a texture of a surface or edge that is not smooth but is irregular and uneven	an informal, homely, outdoor look characteristic of those who wear tweeds
the quality of being harsh or rough or grating to the senses
an unpolished unrefined quality
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 tweediness

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