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Suitable vs Workaday - What's the difference?

suitable | workaday |

As adjectives the difference between suitable and workaday

is that suitable is having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion while workaday is suitable for everyday use.

suitable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.

    • Synonyms

    * fit for purpose (British) * up to standard (British)

    Antonyms

    * unsuitable

    Derived terms

    * suitability

    See also

    * fit * meet * appropriate * apt * pertinent * seemly * eligible * consonant * corresponding * congruous

    External links

    * * 1000 English basic words

    workaday

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • suitable for everyday use
  • mundane or commonplace

    • Quotations

    * 1916 , (Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man), (James Joyce), Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, p. 102: *:A retreat, my dear boys, signifies a withdrawal for a while from the cares of our life, the cares of this workaday world, in order to examine the state of our conscience, to reflect on the mysteries of holy religion and to understand better why we are here in this world."

    Related terms

    * workday

    References