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Placable vs Placeable - What's the difference?

placable | placeable |

As adjectives the difference between placable and placeable

is that placable is able to be easily pacified while placeable is capable of being placed.

As a noun placeable is

a jobseeker who is considered by an employment agency to be suitable for placement, but not employment, with a client company.

placable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • able to be easily pacified
  • peaceable; quiet
  • Derived terms

    * placability * placableness * placably

    placeable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being placed.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (business) A jobseeker who is considered by an employment agency to be suitable for placement, but not employment, with a client company.
  • * '>citation
  • I worked for an employment agency, doing placements. They divided the girls into placeables and unplaceables.
  • (translation studies) In computer-aided translation, an element such as a symbol or numeral, which is the same in both source and target segments and can therefore be placed directly from one into the other.
  • (morphology) Something which is conventionally associated with a specific place; for example, blinds go on windows, carpets go on floors.
  • See also

    * employable * locatum verb * term