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Absurdity vs Senselessness - What's the difference?

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Absurdity is a related term of senselessness.


As nouns the difference between absurdity and senselessness

is that absurdity is (obsolete|rare) dissonance while senselessness is the state of being senseless; unsense.

absurdity

English

Noun

  • (obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
  • (countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
  • * His travels were full of absurdities . - Johnson
  • (uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
  • * The absurdity of the actual idea of an infinite number. -
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    • Neither [Jones] nor I (in 1966) could conceive of reducing our "science" to the ultimate absurdity of reading Finnish newspapers almost a century and a half old in order to establish "priority."

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    senselessness

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The state of being senseless; unsense.
  • * November 2 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
    • They had contributed heavily to their own downfall, most glaringly with the senselessness of Chris Smalling’s red card, and they should know by now that Manuel Pellegrini’s team are not the kind of opponents to pass up these kind of handouts.

    Synonyms

    * unsense

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