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Dearness vs Deadness - What's the difference?

dearness | deadness |

As nouns the difference between dearness and deadness

is that dearness is the quality of having great value or price while deadness is the state of not being alive having the property of lifelessness, as if dead.

dearness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The quality of having great value or price.

    • See also

    * costliness

    deadness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state of not being alive. Having the property of lifelessness, as if dead.
  • * 1840 , John Wesley, The Works of the Reverend John Wesley, A.M , p.334
    • O may it be my constant care to watch and pray; the neglect of which was the chief cause of my former deadness .
  • A lack of elasticity.
    • He complained that the deadness of the balls affected his game.
  • A lack of sparkle in a fizzy drink.
    • The deadness of the champagne made it undrinkable.
  • A lack of animation in a person.
    • The deadness of his expression told everything, without him having to speak.

    Synonyms

    * inertness * inanimateness * inelasticity