Equitable vs Suitable - What's the difference?
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Marked by or having equity.
Fair, just, or impartial.
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(legal) Relating to the general principles of justice that correct or supplement the provisions of the law.
Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
Equitable is a related term of suitable.
As adjectives the difference between equitable and suitable
is that equitable is just, equitable, fair while suitable is having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.equitable
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* (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- I may justly require you to produce that argument; nor have you any pretence to refuse so equitable a demand.