different between facility vs feture

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fetour, fayture, ffeture, feature, fetare, fetewr, fetture, fetur, ffetur, feiture, feetour

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman feture, from Latin fact?ra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f???tiu?r(?)/, /f?i??tiu?r(?)/, /?f??tiu?r(?)/, /?f??tur(?)/, /?f??t?r(?)/

Noun

feture (plural fetures)

1. One's form or bodily profile; the overall appearance of a given human.
2. A feature or part (almost always of the human body or face)
3. (rare) A piece of handiwork or crafts; something created.
4. (rare) A living organism; a being (viewed as God's creation)

Descendants

• English: feature
• Scots: fayter, featur

References

• “f?t?re, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-04.

Old French

Noun

feture f (oblique plural fetures, nominative singular feture, nominative plural fetures)

1. Alternative form of faiture