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Humbleness vs Timidness - What's the difference?

humbleness | timidness |

As nouns the difference between humbleness and timidness

is that humbleness is humility; the property of being humble while timidness is the property of being timid; shyness.

humbleness

English

Noun

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  • Humility; the property of being humble.
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    • , title=The Mirror and the Lamp , chapter=2 citation , passage=That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired. And if the arts of humbleness failed him, he overcame you by sheer impudence.}}

    timidness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The property of being timid; shyness.
  • :His timidiness prevented him from challenge authority or asking his boss for a raise.

    • Synonyms

    * timidity