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sternness vs grimness

grimness vs sternness

sternness and grimness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sternness Yes No No No
grimness Yes No No No
As nouns, grimness is a hypernym of sternness; that is, grimness is a word with a broader meaning than sternness:
  • sternness: the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding
  • grimness: something hard to endure
Other hypernyms of sternness include asperity, hardship, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity.
sternness (noun) grimness (noun)
uncompromising resolution something hard to endure
the quality (as of scenery) being grim and gloomy and forbidding the quality of being ghastly
Difference between sternness and grimness

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