different between expertise vs facility

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French expertise.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??ksp??ti?z/
• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /??ksp??ti?s/, /??ksp??ti?z/
• Rhymes: -i?z

Noun

expertise (countable and uncountable, plural expertises)

1. Great skill or knowledge in a particular field or hobby.

   The scientist has expertise in the field of nuclear fusion.

   • 2014, Michael White, "Roll up, roll up! The Amazing Salmond will show a Scotland you won't believe", The Guardian, 8 September 2014:

     He spoke of Scotland's hydroelectric projects in Africa, local expertise shared with the world's poor.

2. Advice, or opinion, of an expert.

Translations

See also

• skill, proficiency, knowledge, competence

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French expertise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ks.p?r?ti?.z?/, /??ks.p?r?ti?.z?/
• Hyphenation: ex?per?ti?se
• Rhymes: -i?z?

Noun

expertise f (plural expertises or expertisen)

1. expertise

   Synonyms: deskundigheid, kundigheid

2. expert investigation

Derived terms

• contra-expertise

Related terms

• expert

French

Etymology

expert +? -ise

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.sp??.tiz/

Noun

expertise f (plural expertises)

1. (countable) appraisal
2. (uncountable) expertness

Descendants

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From French expertise.

Noun

expertise f (invariable)

1. (art) authentication

Further reading

• expertise in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

From French expertise.

Noun

expertise f (usually uncountable, plural expertises)

1. expertise

Further reading

• “expertise” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Noun

expertise f (plural expertises)

1. expertise

English

Etymology

From Middle French facilité, and its source, Latin facilit?s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??s?l?ti/
• Rhymes: -?l?ti

Noun

facility (countable and uncountable, plural facilities)

1. The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty, simplicity. [from 16th c.]
2. Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent. [from 16th c.]

   The facility she shows in playing the violin is unrivalled.

3. The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc. [from 19th c.]

   Transport facilities in Bangkok are not sufficient to prevent frequent traffic collapses during rush hour.
4. An institution specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.
5. (Canada, US, in the plural) A toilet. [from 20th c.]
6. (Scotland, law) A condition of mental weakness less than idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.
7. (dated) Affability.

Derived terms

• correctional facility

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