different between amenity vs welfare

English

Alternative forms

• amœnity (archaic)

Etymology

From French aménité, from Latin amoenit?s (“pleasantness, delightfulness”), from amoenus (“pleasant, delightful”), of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mi?n?ti/, /??m?n?ti/

Noun

amenity (countable and uncountable, plural amenities)

1. Pleasantness.

   We especially enjoyed the amenity of the climate on our last holiday.
2. A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.

   All the little amenities the hotel provided made our stay very enjoyable.
3. Convenience.
4. (cartography) a unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library etc.

   Synonyms: facility, infrastructure

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Anagrams

• any time, anytime

English

Etymology

From Middle English welfare, probably from the Old English phrase wel faran (“to fare well, get along successfully, prosper”) (cognate with Middle Low German wolvare (“welfare”), Old Norse velferð, Swedish välfärd, German Wohlfahrt and Dutch welvaart.) Equivalent to well +? fare.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w?l?f??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?l?f??/

Noun

welfare (usually uncountable, plural welfares)

1. (uncountable) Health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect.
2. (uncountable, chiefly US) Various forms of financial aid provided by the government to those who are in need of it (abbreviated form of welfare assistance).

   Synonyms: income support, public assistance, social security

3. (chiefly US) Such payment.

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Verb

welfare (third-person singular simple present welfares, present participle welfaring, simple past and past participle welfared)

1. (transitive) To provide with welfare or aid.

   welfaring the poor

See also

Further reading

• welfare at OneLook Dictionary Search
• "welfare" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 332.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Noun

welfare m (invariable)

1. welfare state