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Kindness vs Courteousness - What's the difference?

kindness | courteousness |

As nouns the difference between kindness and courteousness

is that kindness is the state of being kind while courteousness is the characteristic of being courteous.

kindness

English

Noun

  • The state of being kind.
  • An instance of kind or charitable behaviour.

    • courteousness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The characteristic of being courteous.