Navigatable vs Navigable - What's the difference?
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Navigable
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(of a body of water) Capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels.
(of a boat) seaworthy; in a navigable state; steerable.
(of a balloon) steerable, dirigible
Easy to navigate.
Navigable is a related term of navigatable.
As adjectives the difference between navigatable and navigable
is that navigatable is navigable while navigable is capable of being navigated; deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to vessels.navigatable
English
Adjective
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- Rivers were made navigatable , irrigation was improved, and the use of hydraulics was greatly increased.
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- The second is that it has potentials for information exploration, because the displayed network is navigatable .
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- The following year, Heyerdahl tried again—this time having learned from his mistakes—and the Ra II was built by the South American Aymara Indians from Lake Titicaca (the world's highest navigatable lake).
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- Key characteristics of the Web are that it is simple to understand and use, deeply integrated in the user's desktop and working practices, navigatable through linking, loosely coupled and has unparalleled support in terms of tools and support.
Usage notes
The word navigable is the one found in other dictionaries, but it is possible that navigatable is a new coinage rather than an error.navigable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This Web site isn't very navigable . I can't tell which image links to which page.