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Awkwardness vs Luminosity - What's the difference?

awkwardness | luminosity |

As nouns the difference between awkwardness and luminosity

is that awkwardness is the state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness while luminosity is the state of being luminous, or a luminous object; brilliance or radiance.

awkwardness

English

Alternative forms

* aukwardness (obsolete)

Noun

(es)
  • The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
  • The quality of an embarrassing situation.

    • Synonyms

    * clunkiness * clumsiness * ineptness, ineptitude * inelegance

    Related terms

    * awkwardly

    luminosity

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia luminosity) (luminosities)
  • (uncountable) the state of being luminous, or a luminous object; brilliance or radiance
  • (physics) the ratio of luminous flux to radiant flux at the same wavelength; the luminosity factor
  • (astronomy) the rate at which a star radiates energy in all directions