What's the difference between comeliness and homeliness?

Comeliness


Definition:

  • (n.) The quality or state of being comely.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Any remarks Uncle Disgusting made about the comeliness of said nubile females were countered in print either with an onomatopoeic representation of someone vomiting (which, if memory serves, went “SPEEEEEEEOOOOOW!”) or with the phrase “pass the sickbag, Alice”.
  • (2) If she sounds like a cliche – another cocksure, ambition-driven engine who was "born to act" bravely battling the hazards of her youthful comeliness – Lawrence is enough of a surprise package to keep her interesting and likable.

Homeliness


Definition:

  • (n.) Domesticity; care of home.
  • (n.) Familiarity; intimacy.
  • (n.) Plainness; want of elegance or beauty.
  • (n.) Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the homeliness of manners, or language.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) For all his intensity, he has a warm, informal midwestern homeliness.
  • (2) From this it might be extrapolated that with this latest appointment, the board at RBS and the financial policymaking establishment are signalling a new direction for the bank: away from the toxic wheeler-dealing of the Fred the Shred years and towards a new, homelier business.
  • (3) But I don’t see he’s unapproachable.” His campaign is seemingly mounting a belated bid to cultivate a homelier image.

Words possibly related to "comeliness"

Words possibly related to "homeliness"