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Compatible vs Exchangeable - What's the difference?

compatible | exchangeable |

As adjectives the difference between compatible and exchangeable

is that compatible is capable of easy interaction while exchangeable is able to be exchanged.

As a noun compatible

is something that is compatible with something else.

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

    External links

    * * ----

    exchangeable

    English

    Alternative forms

    * exchangable

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be exchanged.
  • (finance) Having an associated right to be exchanged for another form of financial security.