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subtlety vs difficultness

difficultness vs subtlety

subtlety and difficultness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
subtlety Yes No No No
difficultness Yes No No No
As nouns, difficultness is a hypernym of subtlety; that is, difficultness is a word with a broader meaning than subtlety:
  • subtlety: the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze
  • difficultness: the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result
Other hypernyms of subtlety include difficulty.
subtlety (noun) difficultness (noun)
the quality of being difficult to detect or analyze the quality of being almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring a great effort to achieve a positive result
a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
Difference between subtlety and difficultness

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