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Mountable vs Surmountable - What's the difference?

mountable | surmountable |

As adjectives the difference between mountable and surmountable

is that mountable is able to be mounted while surmountable is able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable.

mountable

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Able to be mounted.
  • :The hard disk was not mountable , so the operating system couldn't read it.
  • :I bought a mountable picture frame so I could hang it on the wall.

    • surmountable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable.
  • :Now that we have done the impossible we can finish it, all that remain are rather easy and surmountable obstacles.

    • Derived terms

    * insurmountable

    Related terms

    * surmount