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Closeness vs Secrecy - What's the difference?

closeness | secrecy | Synonyms |

Closeness is a synonym of secrecy.


As nouns the difference between closeness and secrecy

is that closeness is the state of being physically close while secrecy is concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.

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)

    secrecy

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia secrecy)
  • Concealment; the condition of being secret or hidden.
  • *
  • *:Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either.
  • The habit of keeping secrets.

    • Synonyms

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