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Impassable vs Negotiable - What's the difference?

impassable | negotiable |

As adjectives the difference between impassable and negotiable

is that impassable is incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated while negotiable is (of an obstacle|route etc) able to be traversed.

As a noun negotiable is

something that is open to negotiation.

impassable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Incapable of being passed over, crossed, or negotiated.
  • (of an obstacle) Incapable of being overcome or surmounted.
  • (of currency) Not useable as legal tender.

    • Synonyms

    * unpassable

    See also

    * impassible ----

    negotiable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of an obstacle, route etc) Able to be traversed.
  • (legal, finance) Able to be transferred to another person, with or without endorsement
  • Open to negotiation or bargaining.

    • Antonyms

    * non-negotiable

    Derived terms

    * negotiable instrument

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Something that is open to negotiation.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 26, author=Joyce Cohen, title=No Longer Boxed In, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“It is only once you start looking at houses that you realize what you do and don’t like, and what your negotiables and nonnegotiables are,” Ms. Wexler said. }}