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Supported vs Supportable - What's the difference?

supported | supportable |

As adjectives the difference between supported and supportable

is that supported is held in position, especially from below while supportable is capable of being supported, upheld, maintained, or defended.

As a verb supported

is (support).

supported

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Held in position, especially from below.
  • Furnished with corroborating evidence.
  • Helped or aided.
  • Having supporters.

    • Antonyms

    * unsupported

    Verb

    (head)
  • (support)

    • 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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