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Formality vs Setness - What's the difference?

formality | setness |

As nouns the difference between formality and setness

is that formality is (uncountable) the state of being formal while setness is the quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.

formality

English

(wikipedia formality)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being formal.
  • Something said or done as a matter of form.
  • A customary ritual without new or unique meaning.
  • A specific requirement for obtaining a legal status, conducting a transaction, etc.

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    setness

    English

    Noun

  • The quality or state of being set; formality; obstinacy.
  • * R. Masters
    • the starched setness of a sententious writer
  • * (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
    • They who had shrugged their shoulders at her little peculiarities and setnesses acknowledged that now she was the exact person that was wanted.