Definitions
- Describing the process of making something easier to understand or do. - Referring to reducing complexity or difficulty in a task or concept. - Talking about breaking down information or instructions into smaller, more manageable parts.
- Referring to the process of making something possible or easier to achieve. - Describing the act of helping or assisting in a task or process. - Talking about removing obstacles or barriers to progress or success.
List of Similarities
- 1Both involve making something easier.
- 2Both can be used in a professional or educational context.
- 3Both are verbs that describe an action taken to improve a situation.
- 4Both can be used to describe a process or task.
What is the difference?
- 1Focus: Simplifying focuses on reducing complexity or difficulty, while facilitating focuses on making something possible or easier to achieve.
- 2Role: Simplifying is often done by the person who created the task or concept, while facilitating is often done by someone who is helping or assisting in the process.
- 3Scope: Simplifying is often focused on a specific task or concept, while facilitating can be applied to a broader range of situations.
- 4Approach: Simplifying involves breaking down information or instructions into smaller, more manageable parts, while facilitating involves removing obstacles or barriers to progress or success.
- 5Outcome: Simplifying results in a clearer understanding or easier completion of a task, while facilitating results in making something possible or easier to achieve.
Remember this!
Simplifying and facilitating are both verbs that describe actions taken to improve a situation. However, simplifying focuses on reducing complexity or difficulty, while facilitating focuses on making something possible or easier to achieve. Simplifying involves breaking down information or instructions into smaller, more manageable parts, while facilitating involves removing obstacles or barriers to progress or success.
