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Itching vs Itchiness - What's the difference?

itching | itchiness |

As nouns the difference between itching and itchiness

is that itching is a sensation that itches while itchiness is the state of being itchy.

As a verb itching

is .

itching

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sensation that itches.
  • * 1856 , Forbes Winslow, The Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology (page 71)
    • Itchings , hitherto unknown, are felt all over the body, and render my skin sometimes painfully tender, sometimes quite benumbed, as if it were dead.

    itchiness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state of being itchy.

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