The difference between Ease and Facility

When used as nouns, ease means ability, the means to do something, particularly: opportunity, chance. skill, dexterity, facility, whereas facility means the fact of being easy, or easily done.

Ease is also verb with the meaning: to free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.

check bellow for the other definitions of Ease and Facility

  1. Ease as a noun (obsolete):

    Ability, the means to do something, particularly: Opportunity, chance. Skill, dexterity, facility.

    Examples:

    "He played the ukelele with ease."

  2. Ease as a noun (pejorative, archaic):

    Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness, particularly: Freedom from pain, hardship, and annoyance, sometimes idleness, sloth. Freedom from worry and concern; peace; sometimes indifference. Freedom from difficulty. Freedom from effort, leisure, rest. Freedom from financial effort or worry; affluence. Freedom from embarrassment or awkwardness; grace.

    Examples:

    "She enjoyed the ease of living in a house where the servants did all the work."

    "The pension set her mind [[at ease at ease]]."

    "He passed all the exams with ease."

    "We took our ease on the patio."

    "His inheritance catapulted him into a life of ease."

    "She dealt with the faculty with combined authority and ease."

  3. Ease as a noun (euphemistic, obsolete):

    Relief, an end to discomfort, particularly: Followed by or : release from or reduction of pain, hardship, or annoyance. Release from intestinal discomfort: defecation. Release from constraint, obligation, or a constrained position. Additional space provided to allow greater movement.

    Examples:

    "Take one pill every 12 hours to provide ease from pain."

    "At ease, soldier!"

    "Add some ease to the waist measurement."

  4. Ease as a noun (obsolete):

    A convenience; a luxury.

  5. Ease as a noun (obsolete):

    A relief; an easement.

  1. Ease as a verb (transitive):

    To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.

    Examples:

    "He eased his conscience by confessing."

  2. Ease as a verb (transitive):

    To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).

    Examples:

    "He loosened his shoe to ease the pain."

  3. Ease as a verb (transitive):

    To give respite to (someone).

    Examples:

    "The provision of extra staff eased their workload."

  4. Ease as a verb (nautical, transitive):

    To loosen or slacken the tension on a line.

    Examples:

    "We eased the [[boom vang]], then lowered the sail."

  5. Ease as a verb (transitive):

    To reduce the difficulty of (something).

    Examples:

    "We had to ease the entry requirements."

  6. Ease as a verb (transitive):

    To move (something) slowly and carefully.

    Examples:

    "He eased the cork from the bottle."

  7. Ease as a verb (intransitive):

    To lessen in severity.

    Examples:

    "The pain eased overnight."

  8. Ease as a verb (intransitive):

    To proceed with little effort.

    Examples:

    "The car eased onto the motorway."

  1. Facility as a noun:

    The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty, simplicity.

  2. Facility as a noun:

    Dexterity of speech or action; skill, talent.

    Examples:

    "The facility she shows in playing the violin is unrivalled."

  3. Facility as a noun:

    The physical means or contrivances to make something (especially a public service) possible; the required equipment, infrastructure, location etc.

    Examples:

    "Transport facilities in Bangkok are not sufficient to prevent frequent traffic collapses during rush hour."

  4. Facility as a noun:

    An institution specially designed for a specific purpose, such as incarceration, military use, or scientific experimentation.

  5. Facility as a noun (North America, in the plural):

    A toilet.

  6. Facility as a noun (Scotland, legal):

    A condition of mental weakness short of idiocy, but enough to make a person easily persuaded to do something against their better interest.

  7. Facility as a noun (dated):

    Affability.

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