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Shaveable vs Shapeable - What's the difference?

shaveable | shapeable |

As adjectives the difference between shaveable and shapeable

is that shaveable is capable of being (easily) shaved while shapeable is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

shaveable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of being (easily) shaved.
  • * 1863 , Jemima Montgomery Tautphoeus, At Odds: Volume 2 (page 253)
    • For my part, I think we ought to rejoice that this same beard is of real tangible shaveable hair.
  • * 2001 , Kim Bolton, Chris Wave, Conversations at the Girlville Diner
    • In this new decade, diapers morphed into status symbols. The industry became overrun with a new generation of marketing geniuses. Youngsters not yet of a shaveable age,(SIC) spewed forth designer diapers with the regularity of Old Faithful.

    shapeable

    English

    Adjective

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