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Calmness vs Staidness - What's the difference?

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Calmness is a related term of staidness.


As nouns the difference between calmness and staidness

is that calmness is (uncountable) the state of being calm; tranquillity; silence while staidness is the state or characteristic of being staid.

calmness

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being calm; tranquillity; silence.
  • (countable) The product of being calm.

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    * disturbance

    staidness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or characteristic of being staid.
  • * 1836 , , Sketches of Boz , ch. 7:
    • It is difficult to say whether Mr. John Dounce's red countenance, illuminated as it was by the flickering gas-light in the window before which he paused, excited the lady's risibility, or whether a natural exuberance of animal spirits proved too much for that staidness of demeanour which the forms of society rather dictatorially prescribe.
  • * 1887 , , Under the Storm , ch. 22:
    • [T]here was a staidness and sobriety about her demeanour that kept all impertinence at a distance.