severeness vs sternness
sternness vs severenesssevereness and sternness both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| severeness | Yes | No | No | No |
| sternness | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
sternness is a hypernym of
severeness; that is, sternness is a
word with a broader meaning than severeness:
- severeness: excessive sternness
- sternness: uncompromising resolution
Other hypernyms of severeness include
strictness.
As nouns,
sternness is a hyponym of
severeness; that is, sternness is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
severeness:
- severeness: something hard to endure
- sternness: the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding
| severeness (noun) | sternness (noun) |
|---|---|
| extreme plainness | uncompromising resolution |
| excessive sternness | the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding |
| something hard to endure | |
| used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather |
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