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Eligible vs Eligibility - What's the difference?

eligible | eligibility |

Eligibility is a related term of eligible.



As nouns the difference between eligible and eligibility

is that eligible is one who is eligible while eligibility is the state, quality, or the fact of being eligible.

As an adjective eligible

is suitable; meeting the conditions; worthy of being chosen; allowed to do something.

eligible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Suitable; meeting the conditions; worthy of being chosen; allowed to do something.

    • Usage notes

    Used in the phrase (eligible bachelor) to mean “desirable male”, the corresponding term for a woman is nubile.

    Related terms

    * eligibility * eligibly * elite * choosable * licensed

    Synonyms

    * qualified

    Antonyms

    * ineligible * unqualified

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is eligible.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 3, author=Diane Ravitch, title=Get Congress Out of the Classroom, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=Federal agencies report that only about 1 percent of eligible students take advantage of switching schools and fewer than 20 percent of eligibles receive extra tutoring.}}

    eligibility

    English

    Noun

    (eligibilities)
  • The state, quality, or the fact of being eligible.

    • Antonyms

    * ineligibility