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Stiffness vs Numbness - What's the difference?

stiffness | numbness |

As nouns the difference between stiffness and numbness

is that stiffness is rigidity or a measure of rigidity while numbness is absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.

stiffness

English

Noun

  • Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.
  • Inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility.
  • Inelegance, lacking relaxedness.
  • * 1699 , , Heads designed for an essay on conversations
    • Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness , the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.

    numbness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.
  • Inability or reduced ability to experience emotion.

    • Synonyms

    * (medical) hypesthesia