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Yoong Liat Posted 20 years ago
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facilities and amenities

What is the difference between 'facilities' and 'amenities'?
  

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book=Third&va=facilitate some particular end -------- amenities b : something that conduces to physical or material comfort or convenience or to a pleasant and agreeable life < amenities like shops and community centers> <every amenity ... including ... showers, central heating, and first-class cuisine -- Hugh G.

  • book=Third&va=facilitate some particular end -------- amenities b : something that conduces to physical or material comfort or convenience or to a pleasant and agreeable life < amenities like shops and community centers> <every amenity ...
  • including ...
  • showers, central heating, and first-class cuisine -- Hugh G.
  • Smith> --------- In short: facilities - really needed amenities - luxuries/comforts
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facilities

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: something (as a hospital, machinery, plumbing) that is built, constructed, installed, or established to perform some particular function or to serve or http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/unabrid
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Hi,

What is the difference between 'facilities' and 'amenities'?

It sometimes helps to understand the 'root' meaning of a word.

Very generally speaking, facilities make things easy, easy to do. Amenities make things nice, pleasant.

Best wishes, Cl
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