Eatable vs Snackable - What's the difference?
eatable | snackable | Hypernyms |
Able to be eaten; edible.
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* 1891 , , Natural selection and tropical nature ,
* 1911 , ,
(informal) Suitable for snacking upon.
* 2002 , Jennifer Hanson, The Real Freshman Handbook
* 2002 , Jay Weinstein, The Everything Vegetarian Cookbook
* 2007 , Brian Reich, Dan Solomon, Media Rules!
Snackable is a hypernym of eatable.
As adjectives the difference between eatable and snackable
is that eatable is able to be eaten; edible while snackable is suitable for snacking upon.As a noun eatable
is anything edible; food.eatable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The contents of the pan began to boil, and he turned to plunge his hand into the bowl; I conjectured that this preparation was probably for our supper, and, being hungry, I resolved it should be eatable ;
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- When the seeds are larger, softer, and more eatable , they are protected by an excessively hard and stony covering, as in the plum and peach tribe ; or they are enclosed in a tough horny core, as with crabs and apples.
- Their diet includes practically everything eatable they can capture or kill.
Usage notes
Rather informal, due to simple analysis as eat + . edible is the usual term, and much more frequent – eatable may be interpreted as an error – while comestible is relatively formal. More narrowly, used to mean “food that can be eaten, but is not of very high quality ”.Synonyms
* comestible * edibleAntonyms
* uneatableCoordinate terms
* drinkable, potableSynonyms
* comestible * ediblesnackable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Instead of a head of mats, give yourself one of chili peppers or green beans or other snackable , filamentous source of quick carbos.
- Keeping delicious, snackable marinated tofu, like the kind below, on hand for sandwiches, salads, and wraps will ensure that you get these nutrients...
- Media is bite-size (or snackable ). Content has to be consumable or people don't know how to fit it into their day.
