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Settable vs Wettable - What's the difference?

settable | wettable |

As adjectives the difference between settable and wettable

is that settable is capable of being set while wettable is capable of being wetted.

settable

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Capable of being set.
    • a settable threshold
    a settable power control

    wettable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being wetted.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=January 1, author=Henry Fountain, title=A Slippery Slope Is the Secret Weapon of Some Pitcher Plants, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=But in other species, including Nepenthes rafflesiana, the one studied by Dr. Federle in northern Borneo, the outer part of the lip is covered in tiny ridges that make it extremely wettable . }}