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strictness vs restrictiveness

restrictiveness vs strictness

strictness and restrictiveness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
strictness Yes No No No
restrictiveness Yes No No No
As nouns, restrictiveness is a hypernym of strictness; that is, restrictiveness is a word with a broader meaning than strictness:
  • strictness: uncompromising resolution
  • restrictiveness: a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits
Other hypernyms of strictness include unpermissiveness.
strictness (noun) restrictiveness (noun)
uncompromising resolution a lack of permissiveness or indulgence and a tendency to confine behavior within certain specified limits
conscientious attention to rules and details a grammatical qualification that makes the meaning more specific (`red hat' has a more specific meaning than `hat')
Difference between strictness and restrictiveness

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