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Distinctness vs Clearness - What's the difference?

distinctness | clearness | Synonyms |

As nouns the difference between distinctness and clearness

is that distinctness is the property or degree of being distinct while clearness is brightness, brilliancy.

distinctness

English

Noun

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  • The property or degree of being distinct.

    • clearness

    English

    (wikipedia clearness)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Brightness, brilliancy.
  • *:
  • *:Thenne sayd he Fair swete fader Ihesu Cryst yf euer I dyd thyng that pleasyd the lord / for thy pyte ne haue me not in despyte for my synnes done afore tyme / and that thou shewe me some thynge of that I seke / And with that he sawe the chamber dore open and there came oute a grete clerenes / that the hows was as bryghte as all torches of the world had ben there
  • Mental or sensory distinctness; clarity of understanding, perception etc.
  • *1966 , "The Lowest Depths", Time , 6 September:
  • *:The daily press is the evil principle of the modern world, and time will only serve to disclose this fact with greater and greater clearness .
  • The state of being free from obscurities or opacity; distinctness of light, colour etc.
  • :The clearness of the water meant I could still see the key lying on the river-bed.
  • The state of being free from obstruction or interference.
  • :The clearness of the path made for an easy hike.

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