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testiness vs peevishness

peevishness vs testiness

testiness and peevishness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
testiness Yes No No No
peevishness Yes No No No
As nouns, peevishness is a hypernym of testiness; that is, peevishness is a word with a broader meaning than testiness:
  • testiness: feeling easily irritated
  • peevishness: an irritable petulant feeling
Other hypernyms of testiness include choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, petulance.
testiness (noun) peevishness (noun)
feeling easily irritated a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger
an irritable petulant feeling
Difference between testiness and peevishness

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