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Versatile vs Functionality - What's the difference?

versatile | functionality |

As an adjective versatile

is capable of doing many things competently.

As a noun functionality is

the ability to perform a task or function; that set of functions that something is able or equipped to perform.

versatile

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of doing many things competently.
  • Having varied uses or many functions.
  • Changeable or inconstant.
  • (biology) Capable of moving freely in all directions.
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    functionality

    English

    Noun

  • The ability to perform a task or function; that set of functions that something is able or equipped to perform.
  • (US, legal) In United States trademark law, the tendency of a product design to serve a function other than identification of the product, preventing that design from being protected as a trademark.
  • (organic chemistry) The presence of a functional group.
    • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4] (pdf) from [http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/chemistry/chemical-synthesis/learning-center/aldrichimica-acta.html Sigma-Aldrich
  • :: The vinyldiazomethanes that have been commonly used in our studies contain an electron-withdrawing group adjacent to the diazo functionality .

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    * function * functional