Accountable vs Reliable - What's the difference?
accountable | reliable |
Having accountability (individuals have accountability); answerable.
Requiring accountability (property or funds require accountability).
Liable to be called on to render an account;
Being answerable for.
Being liable for.
(rare) Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.
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Suitable]] or fit to be [[rely on, relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy
(signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't
As adjectives the difference between accountable and reliable
is that accountable is having accountability (individuals have accountability); answerable while reliable is suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy.As a noun reliable is
something or someone reliable or dependable.accountable
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(en adjective)Synonyms
* amenable, responsible, liable, answerableSee also
* hold to accountreliable
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Adjective
(en adjective)- A reliable witness to the truth of the miracles. -- .
- The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object. -- .
- According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable , being peopled in those agitated times by unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs. --.