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Keenness vs Asperity - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between keenness and asperity

is that keenness is sharpness or cutting ability while asperity is roughness as of stone or weather.

keenness

English

Noun

(-)
  • sharpness or cutting ability
  • astuteness or sagacity
  • eagerness or enthusiasm

    • asperity

    English

    Noun

    (asperities)
  • Roughness as of stone or weather.
    • asperity of Maine's winter
  • Harshness, as of temper.
  • * 1878 : :
    • Go, ribald, get you hence
    To your cabin with celerity.
    This is the consequence
    Of ill-advised asperity !
  • Something that is harsh and difficult to endure.
  • (geology) A part of a geological fault line that does not move.
    • Earthquakes begin and end at asperities .