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Rugosity vs Roughness - What's the difference?

rugosity | roughness |

As nouns the difference between rugosity and roughness

is that rugosity is the state of being rugose while roughness is the property of being rough, coarseness.

rugosity

English

(wikipedia rugosity)

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being rugose
  • (countable) A measure of how rugose something is

    • 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.