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Justifiable vs Logical - What's the difference?

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Justifiable is a related term of logical.


As adjectives the difference between justifiable and logical

is that justifiable is that can be justified while logical is (not comparable) in agreement with the principles of logic.

justifiable

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • That can be justified.
  • * 1917 , Albert Einstein, Relativity: The Special and General Theory , Part II.
  • ''It was at all times clear that, from the point of view of the idea it conveys to us, every motion must be considered only as a relative motion. Returning to the illustration we have frequently used of the embankment and the railway carriage, we can express the fact of the motion here taking place in the following two forms, both of which are equally justifiable :
    ''(a) The carriage is in motion relative to the embankment,
    ''(b) The embankment is in motion relative to the carriage.
    In (a) the embankment, in (b) the carriage, serves as the body of reference in our statement of the motion taking place.

    Antonyms

    * unjustifiable

    logical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (not comparable) In agreement with the principles of logic.
  • Reasonable.
  • (not comparable) Of or pertaining to logic.
  • (computing) Non-physical or conceptual yet underpinned by something physical or actual.
  • Logical memory appears contiguous to an application program, but may well be stored on several physical devices, including in RAM and on hard-disks, as determined by the operating system.
  • * 1986 , Noel Malcolm Morris, Computer graphics and CAD fundamentals: BBC Micro version
  • It is, of course, vital to restore the logical colours to their normal value at the end of the program

    Antonyms

    * illogical

    Derived terms

    * logically * logical analysis * logical atomism * logical positivism * logical empiricism