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Defectible vs Depectible - What's the difference?

defectible | depectible |

As adjectives the difference between defectible and depectible

is that defectible is able to be defected, able to be turned against while depectible is tough; thick; capable of extension.

defectible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • able to be defected, able to be turned against

    • Antonyms

    * indefectible

    Derived terms

    * defectibility

    depectible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete, rare) tough; thick; capable of extension
    • Some bodies are of a more depectible nature than oil. — Francis Bacon.
    (Webster 1913)