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Sternness vs Tartness - What's the difference?

sternness | tartness | Related terms |

Sternness is a related term of tartness.


As nouns the difference between sternness and tartness

is that sternness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being stern while tartness is the characteristic of being tart; sharpness of taste; sourness; bitterness.

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.

    • tartness

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • The characteristic of being tart; sharpness of taste; sourness; bitterness.