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Rudeness vs Bluntness - What's the difference?

rudeness | bluntness |

As nouns the difference between rudeness and bluntness

is that rudeness is the property of being rude while bluntness is the characteristic of being blunt.

rudeness

English

Noun

  • The property of being rude.
    • His rudeness was inexcusable.
    The rudeness of the cabin gave it a rustic charm but little comfort.
  • A rude remark or behaviour.
    • I'm sick of his rudenesses .

    Anagrams

    * English nouns

    bluntness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The characteristic of being blunt.
  • *, chapter=12
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.}}