Ability
Ability noun - The physical or mental power to do something.
Willingness and ability are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Willingness" instead a noun "Ability".
Nearby Word: able
Willingness
Willingness noun - Cheerful readiness to do something.
Ability and willingness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Willingness".
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| human | human ability | human willingness |
| physical | physical ability | physical willingness |
| full | full ability | full willingness |
| similar | similar ability | similar willingness |
| Other adjectives: natural, exclusive, strong, powerful, extreme, great, superior, new, incredible, mental, apparent, explicit, greater, technical. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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It would seem their ability/willingness to keep it in any kind of style at all is a sign of their girlish personalities.
Source: Rapunzel Hair -
You Keep Using That Word: Many, but maybe the most aggravating was their tendency to use készség to mean thing/object when in contemporary Hungarian its only valid meaning is ability/willingness (and in the novels they also tended to put it in italic, someone was obviously very proud of it).
Source: Tabletop Game / MAGUS -
In FreeSpace, humanity and their former-rivals-turned-allies the Vasudans are portrayed as this, in the sense of their willingness and ability to keep fighting the Shivans.
Source: Humans Are Warriors
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