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tetchiness vs petulance

petulance vs tetchiness

tetchiness and petulance both are nouns.

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

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