thinness vs consistency

consistency vs thinness

thinness and consistency both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
thinness	Yes	No	No	No
consistency	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, consistency is a hypernym of thinness; that is, consistency is a word with a broader meaning than thinness:

thinness: a consistency of low viscosity
consistency: the property of holding together and retaining its shape

Other hypernyms of thinness include body, consistence, substance.

thinness (noun)	consistency (noun)
the property of having little body fat	the property of holding together and retaining its shape
relatively small dimension through an object as opposed to its length or width	(logic) an attribute of a logical system that is so constituted that none of the propositions deducible from the axioms contradict one another
a consistency of low viscosity	a harmonious uniformity or agreement among things or parts
the property of being very narrow or thin	logical coherence and accordance with the facts
the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness
The property of lacking substance or strength.

Difference between thinness and consistency

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