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ruthfulness vs plaintiveness

plaintiveness vs ruthfulness

ruthfulness and plaintiveness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ruthfulness Yes No No No
plaintiveness Yes No No No
As nouns, plaintiveness is a hyponym of ruthfulness; that is, plaintiveness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ruthfulness:
  • ruthfulness: a state of gloomy sorrow
  • plaintiveness: expressing sorrowfulness
Other hyponyms of ruthfulness include woe, woefulness.
ruthfulness (noun) plaintiveness (noun)
a state of gloomy sorrow expressing sorrowfulness
Difference between ruthfulness and plaintiveness

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