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stiffness vs woodenness

woodenness vs stiffness

stiffness and woodenness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
stiffness Yes No No No
woodenness Yes No No No
As nouns, woodenness is a hyponym of stiffness; that is, woodenness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than stiffness:
  • stiffness: the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
  • woodenness: the quality of being wooden and awkward
Other hyponyms of stiffness include gaucherie, rusticity.
stiffness (noun) woodenness (noun)
the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend the quality of being wooden and awkward
the property of moving with pain or difficulty
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
excessive sternness
firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
Difference between stiffness and woodenness

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