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Convenience vs Whipstaff - What's the difference?

convenience | whipstaff |

As nouns the difference between convenience and whipstaff

is that convenience is the quality of being suitable, useful or convenient while whipstaff is (nautical) a bar attached to the tiller for convenience in steering.

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

    External links

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    whipstaff

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (nautical) A bar attached to the tiller for convenience in steering.
    • (Webster 1913)