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Accessible vs Usable - What's the difference?

accessible | usable |

As adjectives the difference between accessible and usable

is that accessible is easy of access or approach; approachable while usable is capable of being used.

accessible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Easy of access or approach; approachable.
    • an accessible town or mountain
  • Easy to get along with.
  • Open to the influence of.
  • * Minds accessible to reason. - (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
  • Obtainable; to be got at.
  • * The best information ... at present accessible . - (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
  • (art, literature) Easily understood.
  • Capable of being used or seen.

    • Usage notes

    * (open to influence) Followed by to .

    Antonyms

    * inaccessible

    Derived terms

    * accessibility * accessibly

    usable

    English

    Alternative forms

    * useable

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • capable of being used

    • Antonyms

    * unusable

    Derived terms

    * usability * unusable

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