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Felicitous vs Advantageous - What's the difference?

felicitous | advantageous | Related terms |

Felicitous is a related term of advantageous.


As adjectives the difference between felicitous and advantageous

is that felicitous is fitting; happening at the right time while advantageous is being of advantage, beneficial.

felicitous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • fitting; happening at the right time.
  • Working out well.
  • (linguistics, of a sentence or utterance) Semantically and pragmatically coherent, fitting in the context.
    • This sentence is grammatical; it is just not felicitous .

    Synonyms

    * (happening at the right time) appropriate, opportune, apt * (working out well) fortunate, opportune

    Antonyms

    * unfelicitous, grammatical/ungrammatical

    Related terms

    * felicity

    Derived terms

    * felicitously * felicitousness * unfelicitous

    advantageous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being of advantage, beneficial
  • * 1900 , Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim Chapter 32
  • *:Jim took up an advantageous position and shepherded them out in a bunch through the doorway.

    • Synonyms

    * gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; behooveful

    Derived terms

    * advantageously