different between adaptability vs endurance

English

Etymology

From adaptable +? -ity

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dæpt??b?l?ti/

Noun

adaptability (countable and uncountable, plural adaptabilities)

1. The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
2. (biology) Variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions; susceptibility of an organism to that variation whereby it becomes suited to or fitted for its conditions of environment; the capacity of an organism to be modified by circumstances.

Related terms

Translations

References

• adaptability in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Alternative forms

• enduraunce, indurance, induraunce (all obsolete)

Etymology

[Late 15th Century] From Middle French endurance, from Old French endurance.

Morphologically endure +? -ance.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?dj????ns/, /?n?dj????ns/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?d???ns/, /?n?d??ns/
• Hyphenation: en?du?rance

Noun

endurance (countable and uncountable, plural endurances)

1. The measure of a person's stamina or persistence.

2. Ability to endure hardship.
3. (nautical) The length of time that a ship's rations will supply

Synonyms

• thole (obsolete, rare, or regional)

Translations

French

Etymology

endurer +? -ance

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

endurance f (plural endurances)

1. endurance, stamina

Further reading

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