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severeness vs distressfulness

distressfulness vs severeness

severeness and distressfulness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
severeness Yes No No No
distressfulness Yes No No No
As nouns, distressfulness is a hyponym of severeness; that is, distressfulness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than severeness:
  • severeness: used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
  • distressfulness: the quality of arousing fear or distress
Other hyponyms of severeness include foulness, raininess, seriousness.
severeness (noun) distressfulness (noun)
extreme plainness the quality of arousing fear or distress
excessive sternness
something hard to endure
used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
Difference between severeness and distressfulness

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