Practicable vs Probable - What's the difference?
practicable | probable |
Capable of being accomplished; feasible.
Serving a useful function; useful, functional or handy.
Available for use; accessible or employable.
Likely or most likely to be true.
Likely to happen.
Supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating.
(obsolete) Capable of being proved.
As adjectives the difference between practicable and probable
is that practicable is capable of being accomplished; feasible while probable is likely or most likely to be true.practicable
English
Adjective
(-)Usage notes
Example of use contrasted with practical: * "While others might agree that it really was practical to rewrite the entire section, it just was not truly practicable given other considerations."Synonyms
* (capable of being accomplished) feasible, workable * usableAntonyms
* impracticableDerived terms
* practicability * practicableness * practicablyprobable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- It's probable that it will rain tomorrow.
- The probable source of the failure was the mass of feathers in the intake manifold.
- With all the support we have, success is looking probable .
- probable''' evidence; '''probable presumption
- (Blackstone)