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Crudeness vs Prudeness - What's the difference?

crudeness | prudeness |

As nouns the difference between crudeness and prudeness

is that crudeness is (uncountable) the state of being crude while prudeness is the quality or state of being prudish.

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

    prudeness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality or state of being prudish.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 3, author=Ayala Ben-Yehuda, title=Shakira gets in touch with her animal nature, work=Toronto Star citation
    • , passage=I find that this time around, I'm writing with a little less prudeness ." }}

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