Unkindness vs Meanness - What's the difference?
unkindness | meanness |
(uncountable) The state or quality of being unkind.
(countable) An unkind act.
(countable) The collective noun for ravens
* 2006 , Kate Forsyth, The Shining City: Book Two of Rhiannon's Ride , Roc (2006), ISBN 9781101043530,
* 2007 , Elizabeth Haydon, The Thief Queen's Daughter , Starscape Books (2007), ISBN 9780765347732,
* 2010 , Rick Burroughs, Alan Wake , Tor Books (2010), ISBN 9780765328434,
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English collective nouns
(uncountable) The condition, or quality, of being ; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.
A mean act; as, to be guilty of a meanness .
In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between unkindness and meanness
is that unkindness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being unkind while meanness is (uncountable) the condition, or quality, of being ; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.As nouns the difference between unkindness and meanness
is that unkindness is (uncountable) the state or quality of being unkind while meanness is (uncountable) the condition, or quality, of being ; want of excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness; stinginess.unkindness
English
Noun
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- All Olwynne could remember, though, was her father falling away from her into some deep pit, his black wings bent over his face, and then hundreds of ravens, an unkindness of ravens, plummeting from the sky to peck out her eyes.
page 228:
- "There's an unkindness of ravens that roosts on top of the guild. Their numbers are growing by the day. Aren't they spectacular?
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- A raven cawed somewhere up ahead, and its cry was answered by others, an unkindness of ravens on all sides.
meanness
English
Alternative forms
* meanessNoun
(es)- This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of the workmanship. Addison