different between comfortableness vs comfortability

English

Etymology

From comfortable +? -ness.

Noun

comfortableness (usually uncountable, plural comfortablenesses)

1. Comfort: the quality or state of being comfortable.

English

Etymology

From comfort +? -ability (suffix forming nouns from verbs, denoting an ability, inclination, or suitability for a specified function or condition), or comfortable +? -ity (suffix forming nouns from adjectives, referring to the property, quality, or state of conforming to [the meaning of the adjective]).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?mf?t??b?l?ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?mf?t??b?l?ti/, [?k?mf????b?l??i]
• Rhymes: -?l?ti
• Hyphenation: com?fort?a?bi?li?ty

Noun

comfortability (countable and uncountable, plural comfortabilities)

1. Synonym of comfort (“contentment, ease”)

   Antonyms: discomfort, uncomfortability
2. Synonym of comfortableness (“the quality or state of being comfortable or relaxed”)

   Antonyms: discomfort, uncomfortability, uncomfortableness

Usage notes

Although the word comfortability looks (etymonically) like one of its senses could be synonymous with consolability, it does not have that sense; the absence of that sense is simply a lexical gap. In parallel, the same is true of comfortable and consolable, as well as uncomfortable and inconsolable.

Derived terms

• uncomfortability

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• comfort on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Liz Potter (2018) , “Words in the News: comfortability”, in Macmillan Dictionary Blog?^[1], archived from the original on 28 January 2021.
• comfortability at OneLook Dictionary Search