Reliable vs Reproducible - What's the difference?
reliable | reproducible |
Suitable]] or fit to be [[rely on, relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy
(signal processing, of a communication protocol) Such that either a sent packet will reach its destination, even if it requires retransmission, or the sender will be told that it didn't
(of a measurement, experiment etc) Capable of being reproduced at a different time or place and by different people.
As adjectives the difference between reliable and reproducible
is that reliable is suitable or fit to be relied on; worthy of dependence or reliance; trustworthy while reproducible is capable of being reproduced at a different time or place and by different people.As a noun reliable
is something or someone reliable or dependable.reliable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A reliable witness to the truth of the miracles. -- .
- The best means, and most reliable pledge, of a higher object. -- .
- According to General Livingston's humorous account, his own village of Elizabethtown was not much more reliable , being peopled in those agitated times by unknown, unrecommended strangers, guilty-looking Tories, and very knavish Whigs. --.