spareness vs gauntness
gauntness vs sparenessspareness and gauntness both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| spareness | Yes | No | No | No |
| gauntness | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
gauntness is a hyponym of
spareness; that is, gauntness is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
spareness:
- spareness: the property of having little body fat
- gauntness: extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
Other hyponyms of spareness include
scrawniness, skinniness, boniness, bonyness, emaciation, maceration, slenderness, slightness, slimness, wiriness.
| spareness (noun) | gauntness (noun) |
|---|---|
| the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness | extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease) |
| the property of having little body fat |
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