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Intractable vs Retractable - What's the difference?

intractable | retractable |

As adjectives the difference between intractable and retractable

is that intractable is not tractable or to be drawn or guided by persuasion; not easily governed, managed, or directed; uncontrollable; incurable; violent; stubborn; obstinate while retractable is retractable (capable of being retracted).

intractable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not tractable or to be drawn or guided by persuasion; not easily governed, managed, or directed; uncontrollable; incurable; violent; stubborn; obstinate.

    • Derived terms

    * intractability * intractableness * intractably

    References

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    retractable

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Capable of being retracted; retractile.

    • See also

    * pull-down

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A retractable pen.
  • * 1979 , Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    • Somewhere in the cosmos, he said,