Difference between Gloom and Glumness

What is the difference between Gloom and Glumness?

Gloom as a noun is darkness, dimness or obscurity while Glumness as a noun is the emotion of being glum.

Gloom

Part of speech: noun

Definition: darkness, dimness or obscurity a melancholy, depressing or despondent atmosphere

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To be dark or gloomy. to look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.

Example sentence: Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.

Glumness

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The emotion of being glum.

We hope you now know whether to use Gloom or Glumness in your sentence.

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