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Reader vs Readable - What's the difference?

reader | readable |

As a noun reader

is (religion) a person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead most services in the anglican church.

As an adjective readable is

(of handwriting|print|etc) legible, possible to read or at least decipher.

reader

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who reads a publication.
  • A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.
  • A proofreader.
  • (chiefly, British) A university lecturer below a professor.
  • Any device that reads something.
    • a card reader''''', ''a microfilm '''reader
  • A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.
  • A literary anthology.
  • A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.
  • A newspaper advertisement designed to look like an news article rather than a commercial solicitation.

    • Derived terms

    * early reader

    Anagrams

    * * * English agent nouns

    readable

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia readable) (en adjective)
  • (of handwriting, print, etc) legible, possible to read or at least decipher
    • ''If that sign was still readable we'd know where we are!
  • which can be read, i.e. accessed or played, by a certain technical type of device
    • ''No sale, those aren't readable with my DVD-player!
  • (of a book) enjoyable to read, of an acceptable stylistic quality or at least functionally composed
    • ''These assembly instructions aren't readable , I still don't have a clue how to start!

    Synonyms

    * (able to be read) legible

    Antonyms

    * unreadable * illegible

    Derived terms

    * readability * readableness * readably * human-readable, this is, readable by a human being as opposed to only computer-readable.