different between invidiousness vs insidiousness

English

Etymology

invidious +? -ness

Noun

invidiousness (usually uncountable, plural invidiousnesses)

1. (rare) Malevolent provocation of dislike or resentment; the state or quality of being invidious.
   • 1886, Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge, ch. 20

     Sometimes she caught him looking at her with a louring invidiousness that she could hardly bear.

Related terms

• invidious
• invidiously

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “invidiousness”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• invidiousness in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• “invidiousness” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

English

Etymology

insidious +? -ness

Noun

insidiousness (usually uncountable, plural insidiousnesses)

1. A surreptitious harmfulness, quality of entrapment, or treacherousness; the characteristic of being insidious.
   • 1900, Edith Wharton, The Touchstone, ch. 8,

     This lent a new insidiousness to his temptation, since her contempt would be a refuge from his own.

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “insidiousness”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
• “insidiousness” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.