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Convenience vs Means - What's the difference?

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Convenience is a related term of means.


As nouns the difference between convenience and means

is that convenience is the quality of being suitable, useful or convenient while means is .

As a verb means is

(mean).

convenience

English

(wikipedia convenience)

Noun

(en noun)
  • the quality of being suitable, useful or convenient
  • * Shakespeare
    • Let's further think of this; / Weigh what convenience both of time and means / May fit us to our shape.
  • anything that makes for an easier life
  • * Cowper
    • Thus first Necessity invented stools, Convenience next suggested elbow-chairs
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • A pair of spectacles and several other little conveniences .
    Fast food is popular because of its cost and convenience .
  • a convenient time, especially in the phrase at one's convenience
  • (chiefly, British) a public toilet

    • Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * convenience food * convenience store * flag of convenience * marriage of convenience

    Related terms

    * convene * convenient * convent * convention

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    means

    English

    (wikipedia means)

    Noun

    (head)
  • An instrument or condition for attaining a purpose.
    • A car is a means of transport .
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  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author= Ed Pilkington
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=6, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= ‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told , passage=In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.}}
  • Resources; riches.
    • He was living beyond his means .
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    • Usage notes

    Frequently contrasted with , as in “a means to an end”. Similar contrast is (process) vs. (product).

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mean)

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