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Keyness vs Keyless - What's the difference?

keyness | keyless |

As a noun keyness

is (anthropology) the degree to which something is key to a society.

As an adjective keyless is

lacking or not requiring a key.

keyness

English

Noun

  • (anthropology) The degree to which something is key to a society
  • * {{quote-journal, 1973, Sherry B. Ortner, On Key Symbols, American Anthropology citation
    • , passage=The keyness of a summarizing symbol derives from the relative fundamentality (or ultimacy) of the meanings which it formulates, relative to other meanings of the system.}}
  • (computational linguistics) The statistical significance of a keyword's frequency in a given corpus, relative to a reference corpus.
  • * {{quote-book, 2005, Paul Baker, Public Discourse of Gay Men citation
    • , passage=This was one of the weakest keywords that was found, with a keyness of 24.9.}}

    See also

    * Keynes

    keyless

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Lacking or not requiring a key
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=April 14, author=Micheline Maynard, title=Car Keys Could Go the Way of Tail Fins, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Today’s keyless models use a fob — the small remote control device that most modern cars use to lock and unlock doors — but it performs the additional duty of sending a signal to the ignition. }}