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tetchiness vs fussiness

fussiness vs tetchiness

tetchiness and fussiness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tetchiness Yes No No No
fussiness Yes No No No
As nouns, fussiness is a hypernym of tetchiness; that is, fussiness is a word with a broader meaning than tetchiness:
  • tetchiness: feeling easily irritated
  • fussiness: an irritable petulant feeling
Other hypernyms of tetchiness include choler, crossness, fretfulness, irritability, peevishness, petulance.
tetchiness (noun) fussiness (noun)
feeling easily irritated unnecessary elaborateness in details
an irritable petulant feeling
Difference between tetchiness and fussiness

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