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Absorbable vs Absorptive - What's the difference?

absorbable | absorptive |

As adjectives the difference between absorbable and absorptive

is that absorbable is capable of being absorbed or swallowed up while absorptive is having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe .

absorbable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.

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    absorptive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe.
  • * 1939 —
    • In practice, from that date onwards until recent times, the economic absorptive capacity of the country has been treated as the sole limiting factor...

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