Quittance vs Capable - What's the difference?
quittance | capable |
a release or acquittal
a discharge from a debt or obligation; a document that shows this discharge
(obsolete) recompense; return; repayment
* 1607 , , I. i. 285:
Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.
(obsolete) Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in. Construed with of'', ''for or an infinitive.
* 1775 Samuel Johnson, A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland'' (''Works 10.479):
In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between quittance and capable
is that quittance is (obsolete) recompense; return; repayment while capable is (obsolete) of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in construed with of'', ''for or an infinitive.As a noun quittance
is a release or acquittal.As an adjective capable is
able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.quittance
English
Noun
(en noun)- No meed but he repays / Sevenfold above itself; no gift to him / But breeds the giver a return exceeding / All use of quittance .
capable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She is capable and efficient.
- He does not need help; he is capable of eating on his own.
- As everyone knew, he was capable of violence when roused.
- That fact is not capable of proof.
- He has begun a road capable of a wheel-carriage.