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Comparability vs Compatible - What's the difference?

comparability | compatible |

As nouns the difference between comparability and compatible

is that comparability is (mathematics) the condition of related objects while compatible is something that is compatible with something else.

As an adjective compatible is

capable of easy interaction.

comparability

English

Noun

(wikipedia comparability) (comparabilities)
  • (mathematics) The condition of related objects.
  • Comparison or equivalence.

    • compatible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of easy interaction.
  • Able to get along well.
  • Consistent; congruous.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=1 citation , passage=She was like a Beardsley Salome , he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.}}

    Antonyms

    * incompatible

    Derived terms

    * compatibility

    Related terms

    * compassion

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is compatible with something else.
    • a computer company that sells IBM compatibles

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