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Changeable vs Fungible - What's the difference?

changeable | fungible |

As adjectives the difference between changeable and fungible

is that changeable is capable of being changed while fungible is (finance|and|commerce) able to be substituted for something of equal value or utility; interchangeable, exchangeable, replaceable.

As a noun fungible is

(chiefly|in the plural) any fungible item.

changeable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of being changed.
  • Subject to sudden or frequent changes.
    • The weather is very changeable today; it can be bright sunshine, cloudy, windy and rainy in the same half-hour.

    Derived terms

    * changeably * changeability

    fungible

    English

    (Fungibility)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (finance, and, commerce) Able to be substituted for something of equal value or utility; interchangeable, exchangeable, replaceable.
  • * 1876 [1877], , Silver and Gold and Their Relation to the Problem of Resumption , page 116:
    • Gold is fungible'. Silver is ' fungible ; that is, these metals are both so homogeneous that, if I get a pound of pure gold, for example, it is indifferent to me whether it be this pound or that pound, one is as good as another
  • * 2011 , Will Self, “The frowniest spot on Earth”, London Review of Books , XXXIII.9:
    • At the core of Kasarda’s conception of the aerotropolis lies the notion that space – unlike time – is fungible .

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, in the plural) Any fungible item.

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