different between facility vs promptitude

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

From Middle French, from Late Latin promptitudo, from Latin promptus.

Noun

promptitude (usually uncountable, plural promptitudes)

1. The quality of being prompt; alacrity.
   • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 18, [1]

     Small wonder then that the Indomitable's Captain, though in general a man of rapid decision, felt that circumspectness not less than promptitude was necessary.

Synonyms

• (quality of being prompt): promptness

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin promptit?do.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???p.ti.tyd/
• Rhymes: -yd

Noun

promptitude f (uncountable)

1. promptitude

Further reading

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