Worthwhile vs Serviceable - What's the difference?
worthwhile | serviceable | Related terms |
Good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on.
Easy to service.
Repairable instead of disposable.
In condition for use.
*1719- , (w), (Robinson Crusoe)
*:I employed myself in making, as well as I could, a great many baskets, both to carry earth or to carry or lay up anything, as I had occasion; and though I did not finish them very handsomely, yet I made them sufficiently serviceable for my purpose...
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*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
Worthwhile is a related term of serviceable.
As adjectives the difference between worthwhile and serviceable
is that worthwhile is good and important enough to spend time, effort, or money on while serviceable is easy to service.worthwhile
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Alternative forms
* worth whileAdjective
(en adjective)- Doing volunteer work to help others is truly worthwhile .
