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sorrowfulness vs plaintiveness

plaintiveness vs sorrowfulness

sorrowfulness and plaintiveness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sorrowfulness Yes No No No
plaintiveness Yes No No No
As nouns, plaintiveness is a hyponym of sorrowfulness; that is, plaintiveness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sorrowfulness:
  • sorrowfulness: a state of gloomy sorrow
  • plaintiveness: expressing sorrowfulness
Other hyponyms of sorrowfulness include woe, woefulness.
sorrowfulness (noun) plaintiveness (noun)
a state of gloomy sorrow expressing sorrowfulness
the state of being sad
Difference between sorrowfulness and plaintiveness

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