Serviceable vs Available - What's the difference?
serviceable | available |
Easy to service.
Repairable instead of disposable.
In condition for use.
*1719- , (w), (Robinson Crusoe)
*:I employed myself in making, as well as I could, a great many baskets, both to carry earth or to carry or lay up anything, as I had occasion; and though I did not finish them very handsomely, yet I made them sufficiently serviceable for my purpose...
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*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
Such as one may avail one’s self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose.
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(legal) Valid.
(archaic) Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy to achieve the purpose; availing, effective.
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Not in a romantic relationship; single.
As adjectives the difference between serviceable and available
is that serviceable is easy to service while available is such as one may avail one’s self of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose.serviceable
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- We have an available candidate.
- The list shows the available products in the store.
- This is an available plea.
- I asked her if she was available but she said she had a boyfriend.