What's the difference between connectivity and connectedness?

Here's the excerpt from Scott Moriison's speech: ...faster customs procedures, facilitating supply chain connectivity, promoting sustainable development, facilitating the digital economy and digital connectedness.

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What's the difference between connectivity and connectedness?

Here's the excerpt from Scott Moriison's speech: ...faster customs procedures, facilitating supply chain connectivity, promoting sustainable development, facilitating the digital economy and digital connectedness.

Many thanks!!

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There isn't really any difference. "Connectivity" is the more common word and "connectedness" was probably used just to avoid using "connectivity" again. I wouldn't try to read anything more into this.

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