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Sizeable vs Scalable - What's the difference?

sizeable | scalable |

As adjectives the difference between sizeable and scalable

is that sizeable is fairly large while scalable is capable of being climbed.

sizeable

English

Alternative forms

* sizable

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • fairly large

    • scalable

    English

    (wikipedia scalable)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being climbed.
  • Able to be changed in scale; resizeable.
  • *2011 , David Runciman, "Socialism in One Country", London Review of Books , XXXIII.15:
  • *:To use one of the ugliest words in the contemporary lexicon, Glasman and his colleagues believe that micro-democracy is scalable : get it right at the local level, and the rest will follow.

    • Derived terms

    * scalability

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