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Both are nouns and the form of the word inept. They are almost interchangeable. George Bush's ineptness is very apparent even to the least politcally astute. George Bush's glaring ineptitude during Hurricane Katrina proved how dangerous he really could be.
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ineptness refers to a particular degree to which one is inept ineptitude refers to a vast ineptness are these even real words??!! lol
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These are both noun forms of the adjective "inept" (generally unskilled, bumbling), but they are completely synonymous. So, I would say it's inaccurate to differentiate them, even as Vera City did. Both ineptness and ineptitude could refer to either a general state of being inept, or the degree to which one is inept. "The ineptness of the guards was the reason for the prisoner's escape." "Though all of the children struggled with the use of scissors, it was Cheryl who showed the greatest ineptitude of all." Still, I much prefer to use "ineptitude", I suspect it is the older form of the word, and in my little mind it seems more prescriptively correct. Also, it makes a nice pairing as the opposite of "aptitude."
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Ineptness is a quality a person may have. - "Your ineptness know no bounds." Ineptitude is ineptness as evidenced through some action. - "The ineptitude of your performance is not acceptable." regards JakobA
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