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woodenness vs stiffness

stiffness vs woodenness

woodenness and stiffness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
woodenness Yes No No No
stiffness Yes No No No
As nouns, stiffness is a hypernym of woodenness; that is, stiffness is a word with a broader meaning than woodenness:
  • woodenness: the quality of being wooden and awkward
  • stiffness: the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
Other hypernyms of woodenness include awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness.
woodenness (noun) stiffness (noun)
the quality of being wooden and awkward the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
the property of moving with pain or difficulty
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
excessive sternness
firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action
Difference between woodenness and stiffness

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