slowness vs mental deficiency

slowness and mental deficiency both are nouns.

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

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

slowness: lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
mental deficiency: mild mental retardation

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

slowness (noun)	mental deficiency (noun)
a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry	mild mental retardation
lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

slowness vs mental deficiency

slowness and mental deficiency both are nouns.

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