Fungible vs Frangible - What's the difference?
fungible | frangible |
(finance, and, commerce) Able to be substituted for something of equal value or utility; interchangeable, exchangeable, replaceable.
* 1876 [1877], , Silver and Gold and Their Relation to the Problem of Resumption ,
* 2011 , Will Self, “The frowniest spot on Earth”, London Review of Books , XXXIII.9:
As adjectives the difference between fungible and frangible
is that fungible is able to be substituted for something of equal value or utility; interchangeable, exchangeable, replaceable while frangible is able to be broken; breakable; fragile.As a noun fungible
is any fungible item.fungible
English
(Fungibility)Adjective
(en adjective)page 116:
- Gold is fungible'. Silver is ' fungible ; that is, these metals are both so homogeneous that, if I get a pound of pure gold, for example, it is indifferent to me whether it be this pound or that pound, one is as good as another
- At the core of Kasarda’s conception of the aerotropolis lies the notion that space – unlike time – is fungible .