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Adaptable vs Usable - What's the difference?

adaptable | usable |

As adjectives the difference between adaptable and usable

is that adaptable is capable of adapting or of being adapted while usable is capable of being used.

adaptable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of adapting or of being adapted.
  • * {{quote-book, author=Sabine Baring-Gould, title=, year=1901
    • , passage=Joan was adaptable , and easily fell in with the prevalent tone. She played her small jokes on each, and this readily dissolved restraint, and put all on terms of easy friendship.}}

    Related terms

    * adapt * adaptability * adaptableness * adaptably * adaptation * adaptational * adaptative * adaptatively * adaptativeness * adaptedness * adapter * adaption * adaptional * adaptitude * adaptive * adaptively * adaptiveness * adaptly * adaptness * adaptorial

    References

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    usable

    English

    Alternative forms

    * useable

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • capable of being used

    • Antonyms

    * unusable

    Derived terms

    * usability * unusable

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