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Suitable vs Tolerable - What's the difference?

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Suitable is a related term of tolerable.


As adjectives the difference between suitable and tolerable

is that suitable is having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion while tolerable is tolerable (capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable).

suitable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.
  • Synonyms

    * fit for purpose (British) * up to standard (British)

    Antonyms

    * unsuitable

    Derived terms

    * suitability

    See also

    * fit * meet * appropriate * apt * pertinent * seemly * eligible * consonant * corresponding * congruous

    tolerable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or endurable.
  • Moderate in degree; mediocre; passable, acceptable or so-so.
  • Such as to be tolerated]] or [[countenance, countenanced; permissible; allowable.
  • In fair health; passably well.
  • Antonyms

    * intolerable

    Derived terms

    * intolerable * tolerability * tolerableness * tolerablish * tolerably

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (dialect) tolerably; passably; moderately.
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