Partiality vs Capacity - What's the difference?
partiality | capacity | Related terms |
Preference, bias in favor of, tendency.
The ability to hold, receive or absorb
A measure of such ability; volume
The maximum amount that can be held
Capability; the ability to perform some task
The maximum that can be produced.
Mental ability; the power to learn
A faculty; the potential for growth and development
A role; the position in which one functions
Legal authority (to make an arrest for example)
Electrical capacitance.
(operations) The maximum that can be produced on a machine or in a facility or group.
Filling the allotted space.
* 2012 , August 1. Owen Gibson in Guardian Unlimited,
As nouns the difference between partiality and capacity
is that partiality is preference, bias in favor of, tendency while capacity is the ability to hold, receive or absorb.As an adjective capacity is
filling the allotted space.partiality
English
Noun
(partialities)- The judge's partiality towards the defendant caused him to be replaced, with someone who was apparently more neutral.
Anagrams
*capacity
English
Noun
(capacities)- It was hauling a capacity load.
- The orchestra played to a capacity crowd.
- Its capacity''' rating was 150 tons per hour, but its actual maximum '''capacity was 200 tons per hour.
Synonyms
* throughput * See alsoDerived terms
* capacitance * capacitation * capacitorAdjective
- There will be a capacity crowd at Busch stadium for the sixth game.
London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal
- At an overcast Eton Dorney, roared on by a capacity crowd including Prince Harry and Prince William, the volume rose as they entered the final stages.