different between consistency vs suitableness

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s?st?nsi/
• Hyphenation: con?sis?ten?cy

Noun

consistency (countable and uncountable, plural consistencies)

1. Local coherence.
2. Correspondence or compatibility.
3. Reliability or uniformity; the quality of being consistent.

4. The degree of viscosity of something.

5. (logic) Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.
6. (obsolete) Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.

   • His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency.

Antonyms

• inconsistency

Related terms

• consist
• consistence
• consistent

Translations

English

Etymology

suitable +? -ness

Noun

suitableness (countable and uncountable, plural suitablenesses)

1. (uncountable) The state or quality of being suitable, adapted or accommodated; suitability

   Synonyms: fitness, propriety, agreeableness

   • 1871, John Morley, Voltaire

     Moreover, the modern argument in favour of the supernatural origin of the Christian religion, drawn from its suitableness to our needs and its divine response to our aspirations, must be admitted by every candid person resorting to it to be of exactly equal force in the mouth of a Mahometan or a fire-worshipper or an astrolater.

2. (countable) The result of being suitable. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

References

• Webster, Noah (1828) , “suitableness”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language