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Breakable vs Separable - What's the difference?

breakable | separable |

As adjectives the difference between breakable and separable

is that breakable is able to be broken while separable is separable.

As a noun breakable

is something that is (easily) breakable.

breakable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to be broken
  • Fragile

    • Synonyms

    * destructible * See

    Antonyms

    * unbreakable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is (easily) breakable.
    • We had to wrap all the breakables before the movers arrived.
  • (usually, in the plural, musical instruments) A set of customized hardware that is part of a drum kit. Breakables typically consist of: the drummer's cymbals including high-hats, the snare drum, the kick pedal and the drummer's stool.

    • Usage notes

    * May be more common as breakables , the group of things that are easily broken.

    separable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be separated.
  • (analysis) Of a topological space, having a countable dense subset.

    • Synonyms

    * disunitable

    Antonyms

    * (able to be separated) annexable, combinable, inseparable

    Derived terms

    * separable affix * separable verb

    Related terms

    * separability

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