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Portable vs Potable - What's the difference?

portable | potable |

As adjectives the difference between portable and potable

is that portable is able to be carried or easily moved while potable is good for drinking without fear of poisoning or disease.

As nouns the difference between portable and potable

is that portable is a portable toilet; a self-contained outhouse while potable is any drinkable liquid; a beverage.

portable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to be carried or easily moved.
  • (computing) Of software, able to be run on multiple hardware or operating systems.

    • Derived terms

    * hand-portable * man-portable * portableness * portability

    See also

    * hand-held * transportable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A portable toilet; a self-contained outhouse.
  • Any temporary building that is portable, especially one located at a school.
  • (video games) A hand-held video gaming device.
  • (computing) a portable computer

    • Synonyms

    * (portable toilet ): portable toilet, port-a-john, porta-kybo, portaloo, porta-potty, port-a-san, port-o-let, sani-privy, turdis

    potable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Good for drinking without fear of poisoning or disease.

    • Synonyms

    * (good for drinking) drinkable, drinkworthy

    Derived terms

    * potable gold

    Coordinate terms

    * edible, eatable, eatworthy, comestible

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any drinkable liquid; a beverage.
    • Useful in potables . — J. Philips.

    See also

    * (l) ----