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Convenient vs Facility - What's the difference?

convenient | facility |

As an adjective convenient

is of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient.

As a noun facility is

the fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty, simplicity.

convenient

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient.
  • Fast food might be convenient , but it's also very unhealthy.

    Antonyms

    * inconvenient

    facility

    English

    Noun

    (facilities)
  • The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty, simplicity.
  • *, II.12:
  • Clytomachus'' affirmed, that he could never understand by the writings of ''Carneades'', what opinion he was of. Why hath ''Epicurus interdicted facility unto his Sectaries?
  • Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.
  • The facility she shows in playing the violin is unrivalled.
  • The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.
  • Transport facilities in Bangkok are not sufficient to prevent frequent traffic collapses during rush hour.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=(Edwin Black)
  • , chapter=1, title= Internal Combustion , passage=As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities .}}
  • (North America, in the plural) A toilet.
  • Derived terms

    * correctional facility