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Arable vs Tillable - What's the difference?

arable | tillable |

As adjectives the difference between arable and tillable

is that arable is able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with {{term|pasturable}} lands such as heaths) while tillable is able to be tilled or ploughed; arable.

arable

English

(arable land)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with (pasturable) lands such as heaths).
  • *
    • And again, since no animal now stole, it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land
  • Under cultivation (within any quinquennial period) for the production of crops sown and harvested within the same agricultural year (contrasted with (permanent)ly-cropped lands such as orchards).

    • tillable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of land) able to be tilled or ploughed; arable