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Airtight vs Sealable - What's the difference?

airtight | sealable |

As adjectives the difference between airtight and sealable

is that airtight is being impermeable to air or other gases while sealable is that may be sealed.

airtight

English

Alternative forms

* air-tight * air tight

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Being impermeable to air or other gases.
  • (figuratively) Having no weak points or flaws.
    • We have an airtight argument they won’t be able to punch holes in.
  • (figuratively, of a person) Highly reserved in some matter, particularly tight-lipped or tight-fisted.
  • * 1908 , The Plumbers Trade Journal , Plumbers’ Trade Journal Publishing Company, volume 44:
    • when Roger asked for $100 to take the preliminary steps to establish his claim, Mike yelled like a Hebrew auctioneer, for he was air-tight and squeezed a dollar until the woman on it yelled.
  • * 1915 April, Annals of Iowa , Historical Department of Iowa, series 3, volume 12, page 599:
    • He was ‘air-tight ,’ close-mouthed, and had but few confidants or intimate friends, but numerous acquaintances.

    Synonyms

    * (impermeable to air) hermetic

    Derived terms

    * airtighten * airtightness

    Related terms

    * watertight

    sealable

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That may be sealed.

    • Derived terms

    * unsealable

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