Rankness vs. Frankness — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Rankness and Frankness
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Definitions
Rankness
Growing profusely or with excessive vigor
Rank vegetation.
Frankness
Open and sincere in expression; straightforward
Made several frank remarks about the quality of their work.
Rankness
Yielding a profuse, often excessive crop; highly fertile
Rank earth.
Frankness
Clearly manifest; evident
Frank enjoyment.
Rankness
Strong and offensive in odor or flavor
Rank gym clothes.
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Frankness
To put an official mark on (a piece of mail) so that it can be sent free of charge.
Rankness
Absolute; complete
A rank amateur.
Rank treachery.
Frankness
To send (mail) free of charge.
Rankness
The quality of being rank, of having a repulsive or pungent odor.
Frankness
To place a stamp or mark on (a piece of mail) to show the payment of postage.
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Rankness
Exuberant or uncontrolled growth.
Frankness
To enable (a person) to come and go freely.
Rankness
(obsolete) Exuberance, excessiveness.
Frankness
A mark or signature placed on a piece of mail to indicate the right to send it free of charge.
Rankness
(obsolete) Insolence.
Frankness
The right to send mail free.
Rankness
The condition or quality of being rank.
Frankness
A franked piece of mail.
Rankness
The attribute of having a strong offensive smell
Frankness
The state of being frank; candour; honesty.
Frankness
The quality of being frank; candor; openess; ingenuousness; fairness; liberality.
Frankness
The quality of being honest and straightforward in attitude and speech
Frankness
The trait of being blunt and outspoken
