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submissiveness vs subservience

subservience vs submissiveness

submissiveness and subservience both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
submissiveness Yes No No No
subservience Yes No No No
As nouns, subservience is a hyponym of submissiveness; that is, subservience is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than submissiveness:
  • submissiveness: the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc.
  • subservience: abject or cringing submissiveness
Other hyponyms of submissiveness include obsequiousness, servility, passiveness, passivity, subordination.
submissiveness (noun) subservience (noun)
the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc. abject or cringing submissiveness
the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan
in a subservient state
Difference between submissiveness and subservience

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