Interchangeable vs Compatible - What's the difference?
interchangeable | compatible |
Freely substitutable. May be swapped at will.
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Capable of easy interaction.
Able to get along well.
Consistent; congruous.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
, chapter=1 Something that is compatible with something else.
As adjectives the difference between interchangeable and compatible
is that interchangeable is freely substitutable. May be swapped at will while compatible is capable of easy interaction.As a noun compatible is
something that is compatible with something else.interchangeable
English
Adjective
(-)- Eli Whitney's development of interchangeable parts was a breakthrough for modern manufacturing. Prior to that each part had to be made custom.
Is this the end of Britishness", The Guardian , 16 September 2014:
- The English, until relatively recently, seem to have imagined “English” and “British” to be interchangeable , as if Britain was just a bigger England.
Derived terms
* interchangeablycompatible
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=She was like a Beardsley Salome , he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.}}
Antonyms
* incompatibleDerived terms
* compatibilityNoun
(en noun)- a computer company that sells IBM compatibles