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Supportable vs Bearable - What's the difference?

supportable | bearable |

As adjectives the difference between supportable and bearable

is that supportable is capable of being supported, upheld, maintained, or defended while bearable is able to be borne; tolerable; endurable.

supportable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of being supported, upheld, maintained, or defended.
  • Capable of being borne, endured, or tolerated; endurable.
  • * 1610 , , act 5 scene 1
    • [...]supportable
    To make the dear loss, have I means much weaker
    Than you may call to comfort you, for I
    Have lost my daughter.

    Antonyms

    * insupportable * intolerable * unabideable * unbearable

    Derived terms

    * supportableness * supportably

    References

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    Anagrams

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    bearable

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Able to be borne; tolerable; endurable.

    • Derived terms

    * bearableness * bearably * unbearable * inbearable