stodginess vs gravity

stodginess and gravity both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
stodginess	Yes	No	No	No
gravity	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, gravity is a hypernym of stodginess; that is, gravity is a word with a broader meaning than stodginess:

Other hypernyms of stodginess include graveness, soberness, sobriety, somberness, sombreness.

stodginess (noun)	gravity (noun)
dull and pompous gravity	a manner that is serious and solemn
	a solemn and dignified feeling
	(physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface