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severeness vs seriousness

seriousness vs severeness

severeness and seriousness both are nouns.

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

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