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Durable vs Endurable - What's the difference?

durable | endurable |

As adjectives the difference between durable and endurable

is that durable is able to resist wear, decay; lasting; enduring while endurable is able to be endured; tolerable; bearable.

As a noun durable

is a durable good, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.

durable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to resist wear, decay; lasting; enduring.

    • Synonyms

    * permanent

    Antonyms

    * weak * vulnerable * transitory

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (economics) A durable good, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.
  • *

    • Antonyms

    * nondurable ----

    endurable

    English

    Alternative forms

    * indurable (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be endured; tolerable; bearable.
  • Capable of enduring; likely to endure; durable.

    • Derived terms

    * endurability * endurableness * endurably