substance vs hardness

hardness vs substance

substance and hardness both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
substance	Yes	No	No	No
hardness	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hardness is a hyponym of substance; that is, hardness is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than substance:

substance: the property of holding together and retaining its shape
hardness: the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale

Other hyponyms of substance include gaseousness, viscosity, viscousness, thickness, thinness, softness, breakableness, unbreakableness, porosity, porousness, solidity, solidness, clayeyness, clayiness, clayishness, clayeyness, clayiness, clayishness, lumpiness, doughiness.

substance (noun)	hardness (noun)
the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists	a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering
a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties	the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
the property of holding together and retaining its shape	the quality of being difficult to do
the idea that is intended	devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience	excessive sternness
content communicating a message; what something is about
considerable capital (wealth or income)
material of a particular kind or constitution

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