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Renable vs Tenable - What's the difference?

renable | tenable |

As adjectives the difference between renable and tenable

is that renable is (obsolete) reasonable while tenable is capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded.

renable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) reasonable
  • (obsolete) loquacious; talkative
    • Most renable of tongue. — Piers Plowman.

    Related terms

    * renably (Webster 1913)

    tenable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
    • Back in the 1800s, many did not consider Darwin's theory of evolution to be tenable at all.
  • (of a defensive structure) capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensible

    • Antonyms

    * untenable

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