Foolproof vs Watertight - What's the difference?
foolproof | watertight |
For a device: protected, or designed to be proof against misuse or error; fail-safe.
For an idea or plan: infallible, or bulletproof.
So tightly made that water cannot enter or escape.
So devised or planned as to be impossible to defeat, evade or nullify.
As adjectives the difference between foolproof and watertight
is that foolproof is for a device: protected, or designed to be proof against misuse or error; fail-safe while watertight is so tightly made that water cannot enter or escape.As a verb foolproof
is {{cx|transitive|lang=en}} To make foolproof.foolproof
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(en adjective)watertight
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(en adjective)- a watertight''' contract; a '''watertight regulation.