different between loneness vs doneness

English

Etymology

From lone +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l??nn?s/

Noun

loneness (uncountable)

1. (now rare) The state of being alone; loneliness, solitariness.
   • 1635, John Donne, The Indifferent:

     Her who loves lonenesse best, and her who maskes and plaies […]

English

Etymology

done +? -ness

Noun

doneness (countable and uncountable, plural donenesses)

1. The extent to which a food has been cooked.
   • 2004, Wayne Gisslen, Professional Baking, John Wiley & Sons ?ISBN, page 207

     Testing the temperature with a candy thermometer is the most accurate way to determine the doneness of a syrup.

   • 2010, Lou Sackett, Jaclyn Pestka, Wayne Gisslen, Professional Garde Manger: A Comprehensive Guide to Cold Food Preparation, John Wiley & Sons ?ISBN, page 91

     Unlike meat cookery, in which doneness is specified by customer order and determined by temperature, ...

   • 2011, McFadden Layton, Linda Larsen, Gluten-Free Baking For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons ?ISBN, page 53

     In this section we look at how to test doneness of baked goods using three methods: observation, touch tests, and internal temperature.

2. The property of being finished; completion.
   • 2013, Tom DeMarco, Tim Lister, Waltzing with Bears: Managing Risk on Software Projects (page 125)

     EVR is intended to give you objective evidence of partial doneness, something that will allow you to draw—and believe in—a picture like this: There will still be a period early in the project when progress is supported only by faith.

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