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Awkwardness vs Uneasiness - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between awkwardness and uneasiness

is that awkwardness is the state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness while uneasiness is the state of being uneasy, nervous or restless.

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

    uneasiness

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • The state of being uneasy, nervous or restless.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness , the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.}}
  • An anxious state of mind; anxiety.
  • * 1860 , (Charles Dickens), (Great Expectations)
    • Finding that the afternoon coach was gone, and finding that his uneasiness grew into positive alarm, as obstacles came in his way, he resolved to follow in a post-chaise.

    Synonyms

    * (being nervous) unease * (anxiety) see