different between agility vs versatility

English

Etymology

From late Middle English, borrowed from Middle French agilité, from Latin agilit?s, from agilis (“nimble, fleet, quick”), equivalent to agile +? -ity.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /??d??l.?.ti/, /??d??l.?.ti/
• Rhymes: -?l?ti

Noun

agility (countable and uncountable, plural agilities)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion

   Synonym: nimbleness

2. (countable) A faculty of being agile in body, mind, or figuratively.

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

From English agility.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ility/, [???i?lit?y]
• Rhymes: -ity
• Syllabification: a?gi?li?ty

Noun

agility

1. (sports) agility, dog agility

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English agility since at least 1990. Ultimately from Latin agilis (“nimble, fleet, quick”).

Noun

agility c

1. (sports) agility, dog agility

Declension

References

English

Etymology

versatile +? -ity

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?v??s??t?l?ti/

Noun

versatility (usually uncountable, plural versatilities)

1. The property of being versatile or having many different abilities; flexibility.
   • 1749, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, Letters to His Son 1749

     Those are the sort of women who polish a young man the most, and who give him that habit of complaisance, and that flexibility and versatility of manners which prove of great use to him with men, and in the course of business.

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