Questionable vs Debatable - What's the difference?
questionable | debatable | Related terms |
(obsolete) Inviting questions; inviting inquiry.
* Shakespeare, Hamlet :
Problematic; open to doubt or challenge.
Of dubious respectability or morality.
Controversial. Not fully proved, open to debate, sometimes used humorously.
Of a person, argumentative.
A fitting subject for debate.
Questionable is a related term of debatable.
As adjectives the difference between questionable and debatable
is that questionable is (obsolete) inviting questions; inviting inquiry while debatable is controversial not fully proved, open to debate, sometimes used humorously.questionable
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Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- Thou comest in such a questionable shape.
- It is questionable if the universe is open or closed.
- Tiffiny's behavior is highly questionable .
debatable
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Those data are debatable , no one has been able to replicate them.
- It's debatable whether he is a stud.
- That debatable individual.
- The lack of bonuses isn't debatable.