different between owliness vs jowliness

English

owly +? -ness

owliness (uncountable)

The condition of being an owl or having owllike characteristics.
- 2011, Louise Rennison, Withering Tights, HarperTeen (2011), ?ISBN, page 217:
  Like Monty had told us, I thought about the "qualities" of owliness. My wise nature. Where my home might be. What I would have for supper. Mouse, I fancied.
The state of being in an ill temper; crankiness.
- 1979, Ian Dutton, "Weather was cool, but teams' tempers weren't", The Leader-Post, 10 August 1979:
  The teams obviously studied at the Hatfield-McCoy school of diplomacy and graduating at the top of his class in owliness was Eston playing-coach Don Sasser.

(condition of being an owl or owl-like): owlishness
(state of being in an ill temper): crabbiness, crankiness, grumpiness, orneriness

jowly +? -ness

jowliness (uncountable)

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