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Frankness vs Rankness - What's the difference?

frankness | rankness |

As nouns the difference between frankness and rankness

is that frankness is the state of being frank; candour; honesty while rankness is the property of being rank, of having a repulsive odor, of being stinky, foul or malodorous.

frankness

English

Noun

  • The state of being frank; candour; honesty.

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    rankness

    English

    Noun

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  • The property of being rank, of having a repulsive odor, of being stinky, foul or malodorous.