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Rockness vs Rockless - What's the difference?

rockness | rockless |

As a noun rockness

is the essence of what it means to be a rock; the qualities that make a rock what it is.

As an adjective rockless is

without rocks.

rockness

English

Noun

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  • The essence of what it means to be a rock; the qualities that make a rock what it is.
  • * 2009 , Robert C. Atchley, Spirituality and Aging , Johns Hopkins University Press (2009), ISBN 9780801891199, page 26:
    • We do not have to become a rock to study rocks, but we do have to understand the nature of “rockness .”
  • * 2011 , Max Lucado, The Lucado Inspirational Reader: Hope and Encouragement for Your Everyday Life , Thomas Nelson (2011), ISBN 9780849948305, page 190:
    • You can't impact the treeness of a tree, the skyness of the sky, or the rockness of a rock.
  • * 2011 , C. Alexander Simpkins & Annellen M. Simpkins, Zen Meditation in Psychotherapy: Techniques for Clinical Practice , John Wiley & Sons (2011), ISBN 9781118159330, page 99:
    • He asked, how can you truly know the rockness''''' of a rock by categorizing it? Simply dividing it into smaller pieces, weighing it, and looking at its properties may tell you a great deal about what it is like, but what it is, its essence, its '''''rockness , escapes such analysis
  • (slang) The quality of music being rock music, or generally "rocking" (being excitingly good).

    • rockless

    English

    Adjective

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  • Without rocks.

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