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Inhabited vs Habitable - What's the difference?

inhabited | habitable |

As adjectives the difference between inhabited and habitable

is that inhabited is having inhabitants; lived in while habitable is safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.

inhabited

English

Adjective

(head)
  • having inhabitants; lived in
  • (obsolete) uninhabited
    • (Brathwait)

    Antonyms

    * (having inhabitants) uninhabited

    habitable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Safe and comfortable, where humans, or other animals, can live; fit for habitation.
    • After we found the freshwater spring we were more confident that the place was habitable .

    Related terms

    * habitat * inhabitable

    Antonyms

    * unhabitable * uninhabitable