different between messiness vs hoarding

English

Etymology

messy +? -ness

Noun

messiness (countable and uncountable, plural messinesses)

1. The property of being messy.

   She was willing to forgive his messiness when they married, and pick up after him, but not that he forgot their anniversary.

Anagrams

• Essenisms, missenses

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h??d??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d??

Etymology 1

From Old French hourd, hourt (“barrier, palisade”)

Noun

hoarding (plural hoardings)

1. (Britain) A temporary fence-like structure built around building work to add security and prevent accidents to the public.
2. A roofed wooden shield placed over the battlements of a castle and projecting from them.
3. (chiefly Britain or India) A billboard.

Translations

See also

• Temporary fencing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hoarding (castles) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Billboard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

See hoard

Noun

hoarding (uncountable)

1. The practice by of accumulating goods.
2. A good which is hoarded.
3. (psychology) An anxiety disorder characterized by a compulsive need to accumulate goods and feelings of anxiety or discomfort about discarding such goods.

   Synonyms: compulsive hoarding, hoarding disorder

Translations

Verb

hoarding

1. present participle of hoard

Antonyms

• decluttering

See also

• hoarding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• compulsive hoarding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia