Darkness vs Cloudiness - What's the difference?
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(lb) The state of being dark; lack of light.
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*1912 , (Willa Cather),
*:Over everything was darkness and thick silence, and the smell of dust and sunflowers.
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*:Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness , but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.
(lb) Gloom.
(lb) The product of being dark.
(lb) The state or quality of reflecting little light, of tending to a blackish or brownish color.
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(lb) Evilness, lack of understanding or compassion, reference to death or suffering.
The state of being cloudy (e.g. weather).
:Expect considerable cloudiness with occasional rain showers.
The property of being murky (e.g. liquid, style).
:Cloudiness in the water is most often caused in new aquariums by white bacteria.
The property of being obscure (e.g. information).
Darkness is a related term of cloudiness.
As nouns the difference between darkness and cloudiness
is that darkness is (lb) the state of being dark; lack of light while cloudiness is the state of being cloudy (eg weather).darkness
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Alternative forms
* darckness (obsolete) * darkeness (obsolete)Noun
Antonyms
* lightnesscloudiness
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Noun
- Don't add cloudiness to your writing.
