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Adequacy vs Adequateness - What's the difference?

adequacy | adequateness |

As nouns the difference between adequacy and adequateness

is that adequacy is the quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs while adequateness is the quality of being adequate or of meeting needs or expectations.

adequacy

English

Noun

(adequacies)
  • The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
    • His zeal is, of course, unquestionable; his adequacy, however, I doubt.

    adequateness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being adequate or of meeting needs or expectations.