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Retractable vs Detractable - What's the difference?

retractable | detractable |

As adjectives the difference between retractable and detractable

is that retractable is capable of being retracted; retractile while detractable is capable of being detracted.

As a noun retractable

is a retractable pen.

retractable

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Capable of being retracted; retractile.

    • See also

    * pull-down

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A retractable pen.
  • * 1979 , Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    • Somewhere in the cosmos, he said,

    detractable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being detracted.