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wateriness vs scantiness

scantiness vs wateriness

wateriness and scantiness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wateriness Yes No No No
scantiness Yes No No No
As nouns, scantiness is a hypernym of wateriness; that is, scantiness is a word with a broader meaning than wateriness:
  • wateriness: meagerness or poorness connoted by a superfluity of water (in a literary style as well as in a food)
  • scantiness: the quality of being meager
Other hypernyms of wateriness include exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantness.
wateriness (noun) scantiness (noun)
the property of resembling the viscosity of water the quality of being meager
meagerness or poorness connoted by a superfluity of water (in a literary style as well as in a food) Of a garment, the property of being very small, light, or revealing.
the wetness of ground that is covered or soaked with water
Difference between wateriness and scantiness

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