"hardness" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

tells us about:
- hard - resisting weight or pressure
- soft - yielding readily to pressure or weight
is a type of: body, consistence, consistency, substance - the property of holding together and retaining its shape
subtypes:
- firmness - the property of being unyielding to the touch
- incompressibility - the property of being incompressible
is a type of: quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
is a type of: insensitiveness, insensitivity - the inability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment

subtypes: dullness - lack of sensibility

same as: callosity, callousness, insensibility, unfeelingness
is a type of: difficultness, difficulty - the quality of being difficult

same as: ruggedness
is a type of: sternness, strictness - uncompromising resolution

same as: harshness, inclemency, rigor, rigorousness, rigour, rigourousness, severeness, severity, stiffness