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Earnestness vs Solemn - What's the difference?

earnestness | solemn |

As a noun earnestness

is the quality of being earnest; sincerity; seriousness.

As an adjective solemn is

deeply serious and somber.

earnestness

English

Noun

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  • The quality of being earnest; sincerity; seriousness.
  • * 22 March 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/]
  • *:She’s joined, on the boys’ side, by Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), a baker’s son whose earnestness masks a gift for strategy that Katniss lacks.

    • solemn

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Deeply serious and somber.
  • Somberly impressive.
  • Performed with great ceremony.
  • Sacred.
  • Gloomy or sombre.

    • Derived terms

    * solemnity * solemnize * solemnly * solemnness

    Anagrams

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