Suitable vs Legal - What's the difference?
suitable | legal | Related terms |
Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
Relating to the law or to lawyers.
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, title= Having its basis in the law.
Being allowed or prescribed by law.
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, title= (informal) Above the age of consent or the legal drinking age.
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Suitable is a related term of legal.
As adjectives the difference between suitable and legal
is that suitable is having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion while legal is legal, lawful.suitable
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Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* fit for purpose (British) * up to standard (British)Antonyms
* unsuitableDerived terms
* suitabilitySee also
* fit * meet * appropriate * apt * pertinent * seemly * eligible * consonant * corresponding * congruousExternal links
* * 1000 English basic wordslegal
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