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Doubtful vs Arguable - What's the difference?

doubtful | arguable | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between doubtful and arguable

is that doubtful is subject to, or causing doubt while arguable is that which can be argued; i.e., that which can be proven or strongly supported with sound logical deduction, precedent, and evidence.

doubtful

English

Alternative forms

* doubtfull (archaic)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Subject to, or causing doubt
  • or showing doubt, sceptical
  • Undecided or of uncertain outcome
  • (obsolete) Fearsome, dreadful.
  • *, Bk.XIV, Ch.vii:
  • *:‘With whom,’ seyde Sir Percivale, ‘shall I fyght?’ ‘With the moste douteful champion of the worlde.’
  • Improbable or unlikely
  • Suspicious, or of dubious character
  • Unclear or unreliable
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=E.R. Eddison, title=The Worm Ouroboros
    • , passage=The pupils of her great eyes were large in the doubtful lamplight, swallowing their green fires in deep pools of mystery and darkness.}}

    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