different between simplicity vs precision

English

Etymology

From Middle English simplicite, from Old French simplicite, from Latin simplicit?s, from simplex (“simple”). See simple. Partially displaced native English onefoldness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?m?pl?s?ti/
• Rhymes: -?s?ti

Noun

simplicity (countable and uncountable, plural simplicities)

1. The state or quality of being simple
   1. The quality or state of being unmixed or uncompounded

   2. The quality or state of being not complex, or of consisting of few parts

   3. Lack of sharpness of mind; lack of ability to think using complex ideas; stupidity
   4. Lack of artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness

   5. Freedom from subtlety or abstruseness; clarity

   6. Freedom from complication; efficiency.
2. (archaic, rare) An act or instance of foolishness.

Synonyms

• simpleness

Antonyms

• complexity
• complication

Related terms

• simple

Translations

References

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

English

Etymology

From Middle French precision.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???s?.?(?)n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

precision (countable and uncountable, plural precisions)

1. The state of being precise or exact; exactness.
2. The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.
3. (mathematics) The number of significant digits to which a value may be measured reliably.
4. (bridge) A bidding system that makes use of many artificial bids to describe a hand quite precisely.

Derived terms

• arbitrary-precision

Translations

See also

• accuracy

References

• precision on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adjective

precision (not comparable)

1. Used for exact or precise measurement.
2. Made, or characterized by accuracy.

Translations

Anagrams

• isoprenic

Middle French

Alternative forms

• précision

Etymology

First known attestation 1380, borrowed from Latin praecisi?.

Noun

precision f (plural precisions)

1. precision (quality of being precise)

References