different between freedom vs advantage

English

Etymology

From Middle English fredom, freedom, from Old English fr?od?m (“freedom, state of free-will, charter, emancipation, deliverance”), from Proto-West Germanic *frijad?m (“freedom”). Equivalent to free +? -dom. Cognate with North Frisian fridoem (“freedom”), Dutch vrijdom (“freedom”), Low German fr?dom (“freedom”), Middle High German vr?tuom (“freedom”), Norwegian fridom (“freedom”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fr?'d?m, IPA^(key): /?f?i?d?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?id?m/
• Hyphenation: free?dom

Noun

freedom (countable and uncountable, plural freedoms)

1. (uncountable) The state of being free, of not being imprisoned or enslaved.

2. (countable) The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.

3. Frankness; openness; unreservedness.
   • 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 50:

     I doubt not, that you will take amiss my freedom; but as you have deserved it from me, I shall be less and less concerned on that score, as I see you are more and more intent to show your wit at the expense of justice and compassion.

4. Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum.

Usage notes

• Freedom from can be followed by various nouns, typically, fear, want, hunger, pain, hatred, disease, stress, depression, debt, poverty, necessity, violence, war, advertising, addiction, etc.

Synonyms

• liberty
• license
• exemption

Antonyms

• slavery
• imprisonment
• bondage
• constraint
• unfreedom

Derived terms

Translations

References

• freedom at OneLook Dictionary Search
• freedom in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• freedom in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• fordeem

English

Alternative forms

• advauntage (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English avantage, avauntage, from Old French avantage, from avant (“before”), from Medieval Latin abante. The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be from Latin ad (see advance). For sense development, compare foredeal.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?v??n.t?d?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?væn.(t)?d?/

Noun

advantage (countable and uncountable, plural advantages)

1. (countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end.
2. (obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
3. (countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit

4. (tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
5. (soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
6. Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).

Synonyms

• foredeal, benefit, value, edge
• vantage

Antonyms

• disadvantage, drawback

Derived terms