severity vs intensiveness
intensiveness vs severityseverity and intensiveness both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| severity | Yes | No | No | No |
| intensiveness | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
intensiveness is a hypernym of
severity; that is, intensiveness is a
word with a broader meaning than severity:
- severity: used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
- intensiveness: high level or degree; the property of being intense
Other hypernyms of severity include
intensity.
| severity (noun) | intensiveness (noun) |
|---|---|
| excessive sternness | high level or degree; the property of being intense |
| used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather | |
| something hard to endure | |
| extreme plainness |
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