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Crudeness vs Crudity - What's the difference?

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Crudity is a synonym of crudeness.



In uncountable terms the difference between crudeness and crudity

is that crudeness is the state of being crude while crudity is the state of being crude.

crudeness

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being crude
  • (countable) A crude act or characteristic.
  • *1960 , Henry Steele Commager, "Is Ivy Necessary?" Saturday Review , vol. 43, 17 Sep., p. 86,
  • *:We will never eliminate the crudenesses , the anti-intellectual rules, the mucker pose in higher education, until we give the universities back to faculty and students.

    • Synonyms

    * crudity

    crudity

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being crude.
  • A crude act or characteristic.
  • *1889 , , "The Decay Of Lying: An Observation,"
  • *:What Art really reveals to us is Nature's lack of design, her curious crudities , her extraordinary monotony, her absolutely unfinished condition.
  • (obsolete, medicine) Indigestion; undigested food in the stomach; badly-concocted humours.
  • *, II.ii.1.2:
  • *:For there is no meat whatsoever, though otherwise wholesome and good, but if unseasonably taken, or immoderately used, more than the stomach can well bear, it will engender crudity and do much harm.

    • Synonyms

    *crudeness