different between promptitude vs earnestness

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Late Latin promptitudo, from Latin promptus.

Noun

promptitude (usually uncountable, plural promptitudes)

1. The quality of being prompt; alacrity.
   • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 18, [1]

     Small wonder then that the Indomitable's Captain, though in general a man of rapid decision, felt that circumspectness not less than promptitude was necessary.

Synonyms

• (quality of being prompt): promptness

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin promptit?do.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???p.ti.tyd/
• Rhymes: -yd

Noun

promptitude f (uncountable)

1. promptitude

Further reading

• “promptitude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

earnest +? -ness

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n?stn?s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???n?stn?s/
• Hyphenation: ear?nest?ness

Noun

earnestness (countable and uncountable, plural earnestnesses)

1. The quality of being earnest; sincerity; seriousness.
   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]

     She’s joined, on the boys’ side, by Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), a baker’s son whose earnestness masks a gift for strategy that Katniss lacks.

Translations

Anagrams

• easternness