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Inclemency vs Severity - What's the difference?

inclemency | severity | Synonyms |

Inclemency is a synonym of severity.


As nouns the difference between inclemency and severity

is that inclemency is the quality of being inclement while severity is the state of being severe.

inclemency

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The quality of being inclement
  • A lack of clemency
  • Something that is inclement
  • *{{quote-book, year=1849, author=Edwin Bryant, title=What I Saw in California, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=They are built of rough sticks, covered with bulrushes or grass, in such a manner as to completely protect the inhabitants from all the inclemencies of the weather. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1874, author=Jules Verne, title=The Mysterious Island, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=There had been rain, squalls mingled with snow, hailstorms, gusts of wind, but these inclemencies did not last. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=Charles Sylvester, title=Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The cry of the suffering and dying rings in our ears, as they are dragged from their beds, to be exposed to the inclemencies of the ice-covered sea in an open boat. }}

    severity

    English

    Noun

    (severities)
  • The state of being severe.
  • The degree of something undesirable; badness or seriousness.
    • The severity of the offence merits a long prison sentence.