Allowable vs Capable - What's the difference?
allowable | capable |
Appropriate; satisfactory; acceptable.
Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.
Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.
Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.
(obsolete) Praiseworthy.
Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
(obsolete) Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in. Construed with of'', ''for or an infinitive.
* 1775 Samuel Johnson, A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland'' (''Works 10.479):
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between allowable and capable
is that allowable is (obsolete) praiseworthy while capable is (obsolete) of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in construed with of'', ''for or an infinitive.As adjectives the difference between allowable and capable
is that allowable is appropriate; satisfactory; acceptable while capable is able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.allowable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (permissible) levefulDerived terms
* allowableness * allowablycapable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She is capable and efficient.
- He does not need help; he is capable of eating on his own.
- As everyone knew, he was capable of violence when roused.
- That fact is not capable of proof.
- He has begun a road capable of a wheel-carriage.