different between partiality vs aptitude

English

Etymology

From Middle French partialité, from Medieval Latin partialitas

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p???i?æl?ti/, /p????æl?ti/, /p????æl?ti/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???i?al?ti/, /p????al?ti/, /p????al?ti/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /p???i??l?ti/, /p?????l?ti/

Noun

partiality (countable and uncountable, plural partialities)

1. Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.

   The judge's partiality towards the defendant caused him to be replaced, with someone who was apparently more neutral.

2. The quality of being partial or incomplete.

Translations

Anagrams

• patriality

English

Etymology

Middle French aptitude, from Medieval Latin aptitudo, from Latin aptus (“apt, fit”). Doublet of attitude.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æpt??tju?d/

Noun

aptitude (countable and uncountable, plural aptitudes)

1. Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.

   Synonyms: talent, knack; see also Thesaurus:skill

2. The condition of being suitable.

   Synonyms: appropriateness, suitability

Translations

Further reading

• aptitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• aptitude in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin aptit?d?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ap.ti.tyd/

Noun

aptitude f (plural aptitudes)

1. aptitude

Related terms

• apte

Further reading

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