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Closeness vs Cohesiveness - What's the difference?

closeness | cohesiveness |

As nouns the difference between closeness and cohesiveness

is that closeness is the state of being physically close while cohesiveness is the state of being cohesive.

closeness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state of being physically close
  • The state of being friends
  • The state of being mean or stingy
  • The state of being secretive
  • (mathematics) The shortest path between two vertices in a graph
  • (archaic) Solitude, seclusion
  • * 1610 , , act 1 scene 2
  • *:I thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated / To closeness and the bettering of my mind [...]

    • Synonyms

    * (physical) proximity, nearness * (friends) intimacy * (stingy) * (secretive)

    cohesiveness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • the state of being cohesive