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Inclemency vs Roughness - What's the difference?

inclemency | roughness | Synonyms |

Inclemency is a synonym of roughness.


As nouns the difference between inclemency and roughness

is that inclemency is the quality of being inclement while roughness is the property of being rough, coarseness.

inclemency

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The quality of being inclement
  • A lack of clemency
  • Something that is inclement
  • *{{quote-book, year=1849, author=Edwin Bryant, title=What I Saw in California, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=They are built of rough sticks, covered with bulrushes or grass, in such a manner as to completely protect the inhabitants from all the inclemencies of the weather. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1874, author=Jules Verne, title=The Mysterious Island, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=There had been rain, squalls mingled with snow, hailstorms, gusts of wind, but these inclemencies did not last. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=Charles Sylvester, title=Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The cry of the suffering and dying rings in our ears, as they are dragged from their beds, to be exposed to the inclemencies of the ice-covered sea in an open boat. }}

    roughness

    English

    (wikipedia roughness)

    Noun

  • The property of being rough, coarseness.
    • The roughness of the road made me wonder if my car would fall apart.