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Supportable vs Tolerable - What's the difference?

supportable | tolerable |

As adjectives the difference between supportable and tolerable

is that supportable is capable of being supported, upheld, maintained, or defended while tolerable is tolerable (capable of being borne, tolerated or endured; bearable or 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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    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

    Related terms

    * tolerance * tolerant * tolerate

    Adverb

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