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Facility vs Qualification - What's the difference?

facility | qualification |

As nouns the difference between facility and qualification

is that facility is the fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty, simplicity while qualification is a clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.

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

    qualification

    English

    (wikipedia qualification)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A clause or condition which qualifies something; a modification, a limitation.
    • I accept your offer, but with the following qualification .
  • The act or process of qualifying for a position, achievement etc.
    • Qualification for this organization is extraordinarily difficult.
  • (obsolete) A quality or attribute.
  • *1714 , (Bernard Mandeville), The Fable of the Bees :
  • *:To shew, that these Qualfications , which we all pretend to be asham'd of, are the great support of a flourishing Society has been the subject of the foregoing Poem.
  • An ability or attribute that aids someone's chances of qualifying for something; specifically, completed professional training.
    • What are your qualifications for this job?

    Derived terms

    * disqualification * qualification problem

    Related terms

    * qualify * certification

    See also

    * clarification ----