Dependable vs Reliable - What's the difference?
dependable | reliable |
A reliable person or thing.
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Suitable]] or fit to be [[rely on, relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy
(signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't
Reliable is a synonym of dependable.
As adjectives the difference between dependable and reliable
is that dependable is able, or easily able to be depended on while reliable is suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy.As nouns the difference between dependable and reliable
is that dependable is a reliable person or thing while reliable is something or someone reliable or dependable.dependable
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(en adjective)- A reliable witness to the truth of the miracles. -- .
- The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object. -- .
- According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable , being peopled in those agitated times by unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs. --.
