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Doubtable vs Arguable - What's the difference?

doubtable | arguable |

As adjectives the difference between doubtable and arguable

is that doubtable is capable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below.arguable is that which can be argued; i.e., that which can be proven or strongly supported with sound logical deduction, precedent, and evidence.

doubtable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (uncommon) Capable of being doubted; doubtful; dubious; dubitable. See usage notes below.
  • * 1971 , L. J. Swingle, "On Reading Romantic Poetry," PMLA , vol. 86, no. 5, p. 976,
    • Descartes adopts the tool of a radical skepticism, submitting to question established beliefs, exposing them to the test of doubt, breaking them down when they prove doubtable .
  • (obsolete) Fearsome; redoubtable.

    • Usage notes

    Philosophers often use "doubtable" in its literal sense of "capable of being doubted." In other scholarly and literary contexts, the more accepted direct synonym of "doubtable" is "dubitable." In all other usage, "doubtful" and "dubious" are far more common synonyms.

    Synonyms

    * (doubtful, dubious, capable of being doubted): uncertain

    Derived terms

    * undoubtable

    References

    * * * * Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.

    arguable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That which can be argued; i.e., that which can be proven or strongly supported with sound logical deduction, precedent, and evidence.
  • (colloquial) Open to doubt, argument or debate.

    • Derived terms

    * arguably