What's the difference between worthiness and worthwhileness?
Worthiness
Definition:
(n.) The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth.
Example Sentences:
(1) The new technique of HFCA is worthy of further development.
(2) To confront this evil – and defeat it, standing together for our values, for our security, for our prosperity.” Merkel gave a strong endorsement of Cameron’s reform strategy, saying that Britain’s demands were “not just understandable, but worthy of support”.
(3) He told FA.com: “In my opinion, we were worthy winners.
(4) Actually, I think these are worthy subjects for discussion but, unfortunately, we don't have the time.
(5) Also worthy of consideration is the intensity of the outer layers of the synthetic grafts whose organization may have been compromised to some extent in favor of an improved patency ratio, particularly in recent years.
(6) In current practice, some of the goals cannot be met; they should be considered as targets worthy of achievement, not as inflexible criteria of acceptance or rejection of methods.
(7) It was worthy to be mentioned that both the incidence and mortality rate of NPC were relatively stable in 1970-1984.
(8) The Pucci Saturday night show was a fairly typical glamorous display with op art prints, 70s shapes and jetset-worthy wafty dresses – all the things Dundas has done so successfully – worn by supermodels including Eva Herzigova, Karie Kloss, Joan Smalls and Natasha Poly.
(9) He asked Cameron to write to Bawtree to say he believed the idea was worthy of endorsement.
(10) For here we see the depravity to which man can sink, the barbarity that unfolds when we begin to see our fellow human beings as somehow less than us, less worthy of dignity and life; we see how evil can, for a moment in time, triumph when good people do nothing."
(11) The Sounders’ season has been popularly characterized by the Dempsey-Martins partnership — and the MVP-worthy form of the latter in particular.
(12) A minimally invasive surgical technique is proposed which considerably simplifies the Stamey technique, shortens the surgical time and fives a weighted success rate of over 80%, which makes it worthy of consideration in treating female urinary incontinence.
(13) Nursing is therefore, a profession worthy of respect, that which has a unique function of curing and assisting individuals, families and community:- sick or well to reach whole completeness or independency.
(14) 3.22pm BST Mr Burnham’s suggestion is a worthy addition to all the rest – the mobile phone charges, the annexation of Faslane, embassies refusing to hold whisky receptions!
(15) The result is worthy of comparison to the winsome Americana that Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra put out in the late 60s.
(16) In this regard the role played by statistical methods appears to be specially worthy of consideration, so as to define the capabilities of a given surveillance system in identifying increasing risks.
(17) I work with a pacifist organisation; I don’t want to feel like I have to prove to everyone that I am worthy of being a member of this society when I have contributed so much.” Members of Amnesty International attended the peaceful demonstration, which drew little attention from the police.
(18) In carcinoma of the rectum occurring in patients in whom surgery represents a high risk, the problem of local treatment is worthy of discussion in certain precisely defined cases.
(19) A further three sites were examined, at Druridge Bay in Northumberland, Kingsnorth in Kent and Owston Ferry in South Yorkshire, and although "worthy of consideration", have been rejected for now.
(20) Using worthy contributions of the systemic theories, the authors analyze the ambiguity of such a request and the paradox underlying it, namely, to take care of a "normal" family crisis.
Worthwhileness
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) It was considered worthwhile to report this case due to the problems which arose concerning the choice of a thoracic rather than abdominal route owing to the impossibility of associating cardiomyotomy with anti-reflux plastica surgery because of the reduced dimensions of the stomach.
(2) Even though there are variations among equipment bearing the same model number it was considered worthwhile to make available relative cavitational and temperature data.
(3) The sports preparticipation examination can be worthwhile if the musculoskeletal system is examined carefully, with particular regard for the residual disabilities from previous injuries; this can be accomplished in a two-minute orthopedic examination done in addition to the usual physical examination.
(4) "This is the guy we've all seen in Borders or HMV on a Friday afternoon, possibly after a drink or two, tie slightly undone, buying two CDs, a DVD and maybe a book - fifty quid's worth - and frantically computing how he's going to convince his partner that this is a really, really worthwhile investment."
(5) Based on a limited experience we have found that triangular flap ureteroplasty is a worthwhile means of repeat reimplantation of the obstructed ureter and perhaps provides a better alternative than transureteroureterostomy.
(6) The major success of this effort was the initiation of a method which indicated interesting and worthwhile possibilities if continued, refined, and computerized for more rapid availability.
(7) We also know that the cost of childcare makes a huge difference to the calculations people make about whether working more is worthwhile.
(8) "In high-value areas like London it can be worthwhile digging under the house to add a basement, but in other parts of the country it won't be worth it," says Helen Brunskill of Brunskill Design Architects.
(9) Rob Fisher, head of UK personal investments at Fidelity, thinks tax considerations alone make it worthwhile using the full limit.
(10) Resisting dictatorships is more worthwhile than accepting them and thinking things will change by themselves.” Asked if the suffering for a majority of South Sudanese citizens could be stopped if Machar and his colleagues gave up the fight, the rebel leader says “giving up would be irresponsible” and that “history would not forgive him” for it.
(11) The last few years phenolization of the pilonidal sinus has become a popular, and eventually a worthwhile alternative.
(12) Also, it is obvious that rapport development may be evaluated with the MISS, and the use of a camera has proven to be a worthwhile assessment and intervention tool.
(13) I mean, if there was a letter from 50 midwives saying: ‘The only thing that makes our lives bearable is watching Poldark’ – that’s a worthwhile letter.
(14) I felt they were good people trying to do something worthwhile."
(15) These data show that NISH on cervical smears is a worthwhile primary screen for HPV infection.
(16) In patients without underlying chronic liver disease and with unresectable tumor by conventional technique, "ex situ" resection can be a worthwhile therapeutic alternative.
(17) Reoperation is worthwhile when there is an obvious defect in the gastric reduction operation that has failed to control weight.
(18) Although no patient has yet survived ten years, the one, five and eight year survivals of 50%, 21% and 13% suggest that salvage of these patients is worthwhile.
(19) Thus, it seemed worthwhile to quantify, using a semiautomatic measuring system, the dendritic arborizations of hippocampal granule cells of rats alcohol-fed for 12 months followed by 6 months of abstinence and compare the results with age-matched control and alcohol-fed groups.
(20) So if I get more than two people, and they don't punch each other in the crotch, it will all have been worthwhile.