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wittiness vs humorousness

humorousness vs wittiness

wittiness and humorousness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
wittiness Yes No No No
humorousness Yes No No No
As nouns, humorousness is a hypernym of wittiness; that is, humorousness is a word with a broader meaning than wittiness:
  • wittiness: The quality of being clever, amusingly ingenious.
  • humorousness: the trait of merry joking
Other hypernyms of wittiness include jocoseness, jocosity, merriness.
wittiness (noun) humorousness (noun)
The quality of being clever, amusingly ingenious. the trait of merry joking
a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter
Difference between wittiness and humorousness

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