Probable vs Justifiable - What's the difference?
probable | justifiable | Related terms |
Likely or most likely to be true.
Likely to happen.
Supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating.
(obsolete) Capable of being proved.
That can be justified.
* 1917 , Albert Einstein, Relativity: The Special and General Theory ,
Probable is a related term of justifiable.
As adjectives the difference between probable and justifiable
is that probable is likely or most likely to be true while justifiable is that can be justified.probable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It's probable that it will rain tomorrow.
- The probable source of the failure was the mass of feathers in the intake manifold.
- With all the support we have, success is looking probable .
- probable''' evidence; '''probable presumption
- (Blackstone)
Antonyms
* improbableSee also
* possible * probeableExternal links
* * ----justifiable
English
Adjective
(en-adj)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. —