slowness vs mental defectiveness

slowness and mental defectiveness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
slowness	Yes	No	No	No
mental defectiveness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mental defectiveness is a hyponym of slowness; that is, mental defectiveness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than slowness:

slowness: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
mental defectiveness: retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence

Other hyponyms of slowness include abnormality, mental deficiency, moronity, amentia, idiocy, imbecility, savant syndrome.

slowness (noun)	mental defectiveness (noun)
a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry	retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence
lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

slowness vs mental defectiveness

slowness and mental defectiveness both are nouns.

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