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Severity vs Sternness - What's the difference?

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Severity is a related term of sternness.


As nouns the difference between severity and sternness

is that severity is the state of being severe while sternness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being stern.

severity

English

Noun

(severities)
  • The state of being severe.
  • The degree of something undesirable; badness or seriousness.
    • The severity of the offence merits a long prison sentence.

    sternness

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being stern.
  • * 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
    • There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.
  • (countable) The result or product of being stern.