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Playable vs Placable - What's the difference?

playable | placable |

As adjectives the difference between playable and placable

is that playable is able to be played while placable is placeable; that can be put or placed.

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.

    placable

    English

    Adjective

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

    * placability * placableness * placably