What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Clearness vs Clearance - What's the difference?

clearness | clearance |

As nouns the difference between clearness and clearance

is that clearness is brightness, brilliancy while clearance is the act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared.

clearness

English

(wikipedia clearness)

Noun

(-)
  • (obsolete) Brightness, brilliancy.
  • *:
  • *:Thenne sayd he Fair swete fader Ihesu Cryst yf euer I dyd thyng that pleasyd the lord / for thy pyte ne haue me not in despyte for my synnes done afore tyme / and that thou shewe me some thynge of that I seke / And with that he sawe the chamber dore open and there came oute a grete clerenes / that the hows was as bryghte as all torches of the world had ben there
  • Mental or sensory distinctness; clarity of understanding, perception etc.
  • *1966 , "The Lowest Depths", Time , 6 September:
  • *:The daily press is the evil principle of the modern world, and time will only serve to disclose this fact with greater and greater clearness .
  • The state of being free from obscurities or opacity; distinctness of light, colour etc.
  • :The clearness of the water meant I could still see the key lying on the river-bed.
  • The state of being free from obstruction or interference.
  • :The clearness of the path made for an easy hike.

    • Anagrams

    *

    clearance

    English

    Noun

  • The act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared
  • The distance between two moving objects, especially between parts of a machine
  • The height or width of a tunnel, bridge or other passage, or the distance between a vehicle and the walls or roof of such passage; a gap, headroom.
  • A permission for a vehicle to proceed, or for a person to travel.
    • The plane got clearance from air traffic control, and we were off.
    He got clearance to travel to America, even though he had previous links to terrorists
  • A permission to have access to sensitive or secret documents or other information
  • A sale of merchandise at a reduced price.
  • (banking, finance) The settlement of transactions involving securities or means of payment such as checks by means of a clearing house.
  • (medicine) The removal of harmful substances from the blood; renal clearance.
  • (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The act of potting all the remaining balls on a table at one visit.
  • (soccer) The act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Bolton were then just inches from taking the lead, but the dangerous-looking Taylor drilled just wide after picking up a loose ball following Jose Bosingwa's poor attempted clearance .}}
  • (chess) Removal of pieces from a rank, file or diagonal so that a bishop, rook or queen is free to move along it.
  • Clear or net profit.
    • (Trollope)