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severity vs distressfulness

distressfulness vs severity

severity and distressfulness both are nouns.

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

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