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Facilitate vs. Felicitate
Facilitate
/fəˈsɪləteɪt/Examples:
The app is designed to facilitate remote team collaboration.We hired a consultant to facilitate the department merger.Online platforms facilitate the exchange of information worldwide.
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Felicitate
/fɪˌlɪsəˈteɪʃənz/Examples:
He took the time to felicitate his team on their success.The mayor will felicitate the new citizens at the ceremony.It's important to felicitate peers for their hard work.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Facilitate starts with fac-, which might remind you of fact, meaning you help make things happen or bring them to be a reality.
- Felicitate starts with fel-, similar to felicity, which means happiness, suggesting its association with congratulating or wishing joy to someone.
- Facilitate and felicitate both end with -itate, but don't be fooled; one brings ease (facilitate), the other brings cheer (felicitate).
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