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Painable vs Pannable - What's the difference?

painable | pannable |

As adjectives the difference between painable and pannable

is that painable is painful while pannable is capable of being panned (moved as if across a panorama).

painable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) painful
    • The manacles of Astyages were not the less weighty and painable for being composed of gold or silver. — Evelyn.
    (Webster 1913)

    pannable

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Capable of being panned (moved as if across a panorama).
  • * 1994 , Electronic musician, Volume 10, Issues 7-12
    • The EM Submixer has four stereo inputs, two pannable mono inputs, and one stereo output.
  • * 2004 , Richard Bliss, Alien$: We're Only Here for the Money
    • The final launch version of the Application Desktop will include a Universal Instant Messaging System, a fully zoomable and pannable map of the photorealistic Earth...
  • Capable of being panned (sifted, as of gold or gravel).
  • * 1990 , F. E. Hughes, Geology of the mineral deposits of Australia and Papua New Guinea, Volume 2
    • Contains fine pannable gold. The most common ore type, sometimes as large boulders.