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ungainliness vs clumsiness

clumsiness vs ungainliness

ungainliness and clumsiness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ungainliness Yes No No No
clumsiness Yes No No No
As nouns, clumsiness is a hypernym of ungainliness; that is, clumsiness is a word with a broader meaning than ungainliness:
  • ungainliness: the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant
  • clumsiness: the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
Other hypernyms of ungainliness include awkwardness.
ungainliness (noun) clumsiness (noun)
the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
Difference between ungainliness and clumsiness

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