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shmaltz vs drippiness

drippiness vs shmaltz

shmaltz and drippiness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
shmaltz Yes No No No
drippiness Yes No No No
As nouns, drippiness is a hypernym of shmaltz; that is, drippiness is a word with a broader meaning than shmaltz:
  • shmaltz: (Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music
  • drippiness: falsely emotional in a maudlin way
Other hypernyms of shmaltz include mawkishness, mushiness, sentimentality, sloppiness, soupiness.
shmaltz (noun) drippiness (noun)
(Yiddish) excessive sentimentality in art or music the physical property of being soft and drippy
falsely emotional in a maudlin way
Difference between shmaltz and drippiness

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