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Playable vs Payable - What's the difference?

playable | payable |

As adjectives the difference between playable and payable

is that playable is able to be played while payable is that which is to be paid.

As a noun payable is

(plural) Debts owed by a business; liabilities.

playable

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Able to be played.
    • Not all compact discs are playable in car stereos.
  • (games) Of a move, giving a reasonable result; able to be played without losing.
  • (games) Of a game, able to be played and enjoyed.
  • * 1989 , Matt Bielby, Blasteroids'' (game review in ''Your Sinclair issue 40, April 1989)
    • Some of the most playable games tend to be those that've been around the longest: the Breakout''/''Arkanoid''/''Batty'' imitators for instance, or, as here, the ''Asteroids clones.

    Related terms

    * playability

    payable

    English

    Noun

  • (plural) Debts owed by a business; liabilities.
  • A thing that may be paid.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That which is to be paid.
    • Is value added tax payable on planning application fees?
  • Able to be paid.
  • Of a mine etc.: capable of yielding profit; profitable.

    • Derived terms

    *payability *payably