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speciousness vs deceptiveness

deceptiveness vs speciousness

speciousness and deceptiveness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
speciousness Yes No No No
deceptiveness Yes No No No
As nouns, deceptiveness is a hypernym of speciousness; that is, deceptiveness is a word with a broader meaning than speciousness:
  • speciousness: an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility
  • deceptiveness: the quality of being deceptive
Other hypernyms of speciousness include obliquity.
speciousness (noun) deceptiveness (noun)
an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility the quality of being deceptive
Difference between speciousness and deceptiveness

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