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Trusty vs Suitable - What's the difference?

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Trusty is a related term of suitable.


As adjectives the difference between trusty and suitable

is that trusty is reliable or trustworthy while suitable is having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.

As a noun trusty

is a trusted person, especially a prisoner who has been granted special privileges.

trusty

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Reliable or trustworthy.

    • Noun

    (trusties)
  • A trusted person, especially a prisoner who has been granted special privileges.
  • * 1941 , James Howell Street, In my father's house
    • We usta have a rule that if a trusty shot an escaping convict, then the trusty would go free.
  • *1953 , (Raymond Chandler), The Long Goodbye , Penguin 2010, p. 58:
  • *:The cell block is clean and doesn't smell of disinfectant. The trusties do all the work. The supply of trusties is always ample.

    • 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