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Certainty vs Positiveness - What's the difference?

certainty | positiveness | Synonyms |

Certainty is a synonym of positiveness.


As nouns the difference between certainty and positiveness

is that certainty is the state of being certain while positiveness is (uncountable) the quality of being positive; positivity.

certainty

English

Noun

  • The state of being certain.
  • * Fisher Ames
    • The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes.
  • An instance of being certain.
  • A fact or truth unquestionably established.
  • * November 2 2014 , Daniel Taylor, " Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United," guardian.co.uk
    • Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties .
  • * 1824 , (Walter Savage Landor), Imaginary Conversations Volume 1
    • Certainties are uninteresting and sating.

    Synonyms

    * (state of being certain) certitude

    Antonyms

    * (state of being certain) uncertainty

    Related terms

    * certain * of a certainty

    External links

    * (wikipedia "certainty")

    positiveness

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The quality of being positive; positivity.
  • *1929 , (Ernest Hemingway), A Farewell to Arms , Folio Society 2008, p. 48:
  • *:Nobody knew anything about it although they all spoke with great positiveness and strategical knowledge.
  • (countable) The result of being positive

    • Antonyms

    * negativeness