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expediency

Expediency vs X - What's the difference?

expediency | x |


As a noun expediency

is (uncountable) the quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

Expediency vs Reform - What's the difference?

expediency | reform |


As nouns the difference between expediency and reform

is that expediency is (uncountable) the quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation while reform is reform.

Efficiently vs Expediency - What's the difference?

efficiently | expediency |


As an adverb efficiently

is in an efficient manner.

As a noun expediency is

(uncountable) the quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.

Expediency vs Advantage - What's the difference?

expediency | advantage |


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between expediency and advantage

is that expediency is (obsolete) haste; dispatch while advantage is (obsolete) superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.

As nouns the difference between expediency and advantage

is that expediency is (uncountable) the quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation while advantage is any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable to success, or to any desired end.

As a verb advantage is

to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to.

Compassion vs Expediency - What's the difference?

compassion | expediency |


In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between compassion and expediency

is that compassion is (obsolete) to pity while expediency is (obsolete) haste; dispatch.

As nouns the difference between compassion and expediency

is that compassion is deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it while expediency is (uncountable) the quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.

As a verb compassion

is (obsolete) to pity.

Expediency vs Opportunity - What's the difference?

expediency | opportunity |


As nouns the difference between expediency and opportunity

is that expediency is the quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation while opportunity is a chance for advancement, progress or profit.

Makeshift vs Expediency - What's the difference?

makeshift | expediency |


As nouns the difference between makeshift and expediency

is that makeshift is a temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else while expediency is the quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.

As an adjective makeshift

is made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.

Adequacy vs Expediency - What's the difference?

adequacy | expediency |


As nouns the difference between adequacy and expediency

is that adequacy is the quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs while expediency is the quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.

Expediency vs Benefit - What's the difference?

expediency | benefit |


In obsolete terms the difference between expediency and benefit

is that expediency is haste; dispatch while benefit is beneficence; liberality.

As nouns the difference between expediency and benefit

is that expediency is the quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation while benefit is an advantage, help, sake or aid from something.

As a verb benefit is

to be or to provide a benefit to.

Exigency vs Expediency - What's the difference?

exigency | expediency |


As nouns the difference between exigency and expediency

is that exigency is the demands or requirements of a situation (usually plural. while expediency is the quality of being fit or suitable to effect some desired end or the purpose intended; suitability for particular circumstance or situation.

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