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Fireworthy vs Fareworthy - What's the difference?

fireworthy | fareworthy |

As adjectives the difference between fireworthy and fareworthy

is that fireworthy is worthy or capable of firing; able to be fired; combustible while fareworthy is having the right to go as one pleases; free to go; capable of leaving (a place); able to depart (at one's will); unrestrained.

fireworthy

English

Alternative forms

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Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Worthy or capable of firing; able to be fired; combustible.
  • * 1845 , New York Journal of Medicine and the Collateral Sciences:
  • Capable of preventing or surviving a fire.
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  • Worthy of being fired (from a job).
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    • Derived terms

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    fareworthy

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Having the right to go as one pleases; free to go; capable of leaving (a place); able to depart (at one's will); unrestrained.
  • *1886 , John Wood Warter, Richard Garnett, An old Shropshire oak :
    • It constantly happened that the manumitted serf,' said my Talking Friend, 'found his way under the old tree, my father, and he was free and færewyrd — that is to say, free and fareworthy , or with the right to go where he would — [...]
  • *1968 , Claudio Véliz, Latin America and the Caribbean: a handbook :
    • Thus the service-tenant may be legally 'fareworthy' but if he decides to leave the hacienda, a word from the proprietor will ensure his forced return by the police.