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Worthwhile vs Desirable - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between worthwhile and desirable

is that worthwhile is good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on while desirable is suitable, worthy to be desired.

As a noun desirable is

a thing that people want; something that is desirable.

worthwhile

English

Alternative forms

* worth while

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.
    • Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worthwhile .

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    desirable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Suitable]], worthy to be [[desire#Verb, desired.
  • *
    • With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get

    Antonyms

    * undesirable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thing that people want; something that is desirable.
    • There are plenty of desirables on display in the window.
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