Habile vs Labile - What's the difference?
habile | labile |
Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
Apt or likely to change.
*, II.12:
(chemistry, of a compound or bond) Kinetically unstable; rapidly cleaved (and possibly reformed).
As adjectives the difference between habile and labile
is that habile is generally able or adroit; handy while labile is liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.labile
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Pythagoras [said] that each thing or matter was ever gliding and labile .
- Certain drugs can be conjugated to polymer molecules with a linkage that is labile at low pH to effect controlled release in a cellular endosome.
- Water ligands typically bind metals in a labile fashion and are rapidly interchanged in aqueous solution.