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Intimacy vs Sincerity - What's the difference?

intimacy | sincerity |

As nouns the difference between intimacy and sincerity

is that intimacy is feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, not necessarily involving sexuality while sincerity is the quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense.

intimacy

English

Noun

(wikipedia intimacy) (intimacies)
  • feeling or atmosphere of closeness and openness towards someone else, not necessarily involving sexuality
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    Antonyms

    * solitude

    sincerity

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sincerity)
  • The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense.
  • * :
  • I protest, in the sincerity of love.
  • * Knox:
  • Sincerity is a duty no less plain than important.
  • *
  • Sincerity is everything. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.

    Synonyms

    * honesty * sincereness

    Antonyms

    * insincerity

    References

    (Webster 1913)