different between facility vs aptness

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

Translations

English

Etymology

apt +? -ness

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æptn?s/

Noun

aptness (countable and uncountable, plural aptnesses)

1. suitability; the quality of being apt or suitable
2. disposition of the mind; propensity

3. speed or readiness in learning; docility

4. proneness; tendency

Translations

References

• aptness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Stepans, pantses, patness