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Marketable vs Merchantable - What's the difference?

marketable | merchantable |

Merchantable is a antonym of marketable.



As adjectives the difference between marketable and merchantable

is that marketable is of or pertaining to marketability; capable of being marketed while merchantable is fit for market; such as is usually sold in market, or such as will bring the ordinary price; as, merchantable wheat; sometimes, a technical designation for a particular kind or class.

marketable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to marketability; capable of being marketed.
  • The quality and scarcity ensured that the product was eminently marketable .
  • saleable (of goods) or employable (of people)
  • * 2010 , Gennady Stolyarov II, The Anti-Educational Effects of Public Schools :
  • The massive unemployment rate among young people today can surely be explained at least in part by the manner in which public schools prevented them from obtaining many marketable talents and attributes.

    merchantable

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Fit for market; such as is usually sold in market, or such as will bring the ordinary price; as, merchantable wheat; sometimes, a technical designation for a particular kind or class.
  • Antonyms

    * unmerchantable

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