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Quick, what does this method do:

isSupressMultiLanguage()

If you guessed that it determines if multi-language is turned on or off you’d be correct.

Quick, what does this method do:

isMultiLanguageSupressed()

If you guessed that it is does the same thing, you’d be correct.

The point of this is that each is readable. One may flow off the tongue slightly easier than the other, however both are perfectly legitimate verbiages for the underlying flag. Both point directly to the intent of the method and give a clear picture of what its purpose is.

So what is the opportunity cost? Zero. From a development standpoint it is pretty clear that these mean the same thing and a developer can get a feel for what each method does at a glance. As long as a developer can tell what a method does from just the name, the actual naming of the method is just a matter of personal preference.