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Entertainable vs Entertaining - What's the difference?

entertainable | entertaining |

As adjectives the difference between entertainable and entertaining

is that entertainable is capable of being entertained while entertaining is very amusing; that entertains.

As a verb entertaining is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun entertaining is

entertainment.

entertainable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of being entertained.
  • * {{quote-journal, year=2007, date=November 24, author=Michael V. Antony, title=Are Our Concepts, work=Erkenntnis, doi=10.1007/s10670-007-9061-2, volume=68, issue=2, url=
    • , passage=22 That should strike no one as odd: anyone who has pondered the traditional mind-body problem is familiar with conceiving consciousness in such a way that materialism, dualism, and idealism are all entertainable (albeit not with equal ease).}}

    entertaining

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Very amusing; that entertains.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=October 1 , author=Phil Dawkes , title=Sunderland 2 - 2 West Brom , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Sunderland came back from two goals down to earn a point from an entertaining encounter with West Brom.}}

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic) entertainment
  • * 1889 , George Herbert Curteis, Bishop Selwyn of New Zealand, and of Lichfield
    • As soon as the festival was over, and the usual routine of summer entertainings and meetings had been got through, the Bishop and Mrs. Selwyn, accompanied by their large family party and some friends, started for a quiet holiday