different between balky vs balkiness

English

balk +? -y

balky (comparative balkier, superlative balkiest)

balky +? -ness

balkiness (uncountable)

The state or quality of being balky or uncooperative.
- 1961, Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land, New York: Avon, Part Five, Chapter 36, p. 391,^[1]
  […] he was mildly annoyed to find that the chair shifted itself—remote control over objects was a labor-saver and probably a money-saver […] and obviously to be preferred to the blind balkiness of mechanical gadgets. Nevertheless Jubal was not used to telecontrol done without wires or waves […]

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