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speciousness vs obliquity

obliquity vs speciousness

speciousness and obliquity both are nouns.

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

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