Commodious vs Serviceable - What's the difference?
commodious | serviceable | Synonyms |
Spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable.
* 1854 , Charles Dickens, Hard Times
Adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities; suitable.
Easy to service.
Repairable instead of disposable.
In condition for use.
*1719- , (w), (Robinson Crusoe)
*:I employed myself in making, as well as I could, a great many baskets, both to carry earth or to carry or lay up anything, as I had occasion; and though I did not finish them very handsomely, yet I made them sufficiently serviceable for my purpose...
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*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
Commodious is a synonym of serviceable.
As adjectives the difference between commodious and serviceable
is that commodious is spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable while serviceable is easy to service.commodious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Our house is much more commodious than our old apartment.
- The emphasis was helped by the speaker's square wall of a forehead, which had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in two dark caves, overshadowed by the wall.
