Difference between Bitterness and Bitter

What is the difference between Bitterness and Bitter?

Bitterness as a noun is the quality of having a bitter taste while Bitter as a noun is (usually in the plural bitters) a liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.

Bitterness

Part of speech: noun

Definition: the quality of having a bitter taste the quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment

Example sentence: It is a simple but sometimes forgotten truth that the greatest enemy to present joy and high hopes is the cultivation of retrospective bitterness.

Bitter

Part of speech: noun

Definition: (usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance)Harsh, piercing or stingingHateful or hostileCynical and resentful

Example sentence: Through Love all that is bitter will be sweet, Through Love all that is copper will be gold, Through Love all dregs will become wine, through Love all pain will turn to medicine.

We hope you now know whether to use Bitterness or Bitter in your sentence.

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