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Haleness vs Halfness - What's the difference?

haleness | halfness |

As nouns the difference between haleness and halfness

is that haleness is the state or quality of being hale while halfness is the quality of being half; incompleteness.

haleness

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state or quality of being hale.

    • halfness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being half; incompleteness.
    • As soon as there is any departure from simplicity, and attempt at halfness , or good for me that is not good for him, my neighbor feels the wrong. — Emerson.
    (Webster 1913)