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Inhabited vs Inhabitable - What's the difference?

inhabited | inhabitable |

In obsolete terms the difference between inhabited and inhabitable

is that inhabited is uninhabited while inhabitable is not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited.

As adjectives the difference between inhabited and inhabitable

is that inhabited is having inhabitants; lived in while inhabitable is fit to live in; habitable (see inflammable for usage note.

inhabited

English

Adjective

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

    Antonyms

    * (having inhabitants) uninhabited

    inhabitable

    English

    Etymology 1

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    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • fit to live in; habitable (see inflammable for usage note)
  • * John Locke
    • Systems of inhabitable planets.
    Antonyms
    * uninhabitable

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) inhabitable, from (etyl)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Not habitable; not suitable to be inhabited.
  • * Shakespeare
    • The frozen ridges of the Alps / Or other ground inhabitable .
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