Compatible vs Viable - What's the difference?
compatible | viable |
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 Something that is compatible with something else.
Able to live on its own (as for a newborn.)
Able to be done, possible.
In (biology), able to live and develop.
As adjectives the difference between compatible and viable
is that compatible is capable of easy interaction while viable is able to live on its own (as for a newborn..As a noun compatible
is something that is compatible with something else.compatible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)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
* incompatibleDerived terms
* compatibilityNoun
(en noun)- a computer company that sells IBM compatibles