Capable vs Constructible - What's the difference?
capable | constructible |
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):
Of a land, suitable for constructing a building.
Of a building or other thing, capable of being constructed.
Allowed to construct.
(of a regular polygon) That can be constructed in a plane using only a pair of compasses and a straightedge.
(of a complex number) That the line segment joining it to the origin can be constructed using only a pair of compasses and a straightedge.
As adjectives the difference between capable and constructible
is that 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 while constructible is of a land, suitable for constructing a building.capable
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.