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Appropriateness vs Acceptability - What's the difference?

appropriateness | acceptability |

As nouns the difference between appropriateness and acceptability

is that appropriateness is the quality or condition of being appropriate while acceptability is the quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.

appropriateness

English

Noun

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  • the quality or condition of being appropriate

    • acceptability

    English

    Noun

  • The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.
    • Acceptability of repentance. - Jeremy Taylor, about 1640
  • (military) Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the contemplated course of action is worth the cost in manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent with the law of war; and is militarily and politically supportable. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)

    • Synonyms

    * acceptableness

    Antonyms

    * unacceptability * inacceptability

    See also

    * adequacy * feasibility

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