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Hardiness vs Tardiness - What's the difference?

hardiness | tardiness |

As nouns the difference between hardiness and tardiness

is that hardiness is the state of being hardy, especially (of a plant) of being resistant to cold or other environmental conditions while tardiness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being tardy.

hardiness

English

Noun

  • The state of being hardy, especially (of a plant) of being resistant to cold or other environmental conditions.
  • (obsolete) hardihood; boldness; firmness; assurance
  • * Shakespeare, Cymbeline
    • Plenty and peace breeds cowards; Hardness ever / Of hardiness is mother.
  • * Clarendon
    • They who were not yet grown to the hardiness of avowing the contempt of the king.
  • (obsolete) hardship; fatigue
    • (Spenser)

    See also

    * hardness

    tardiness

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being tardy.
  • (countable) The result or product of being tardy.

    • Synonyms

    * lateness

    Antonyms

    * punctuality