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Surmountable vs Solvable - What's the difference?

surmountable | solvable |

As adjectives the difference between surmountable and solvable

is that surmountable is able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable while solvable is capable of being solved.

surmountable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to be surmounted or overcome; defeatable.
  • :Now that we have done the impossible we can finish it, all that remain are rather easy and surmountable obstacles.

    • Derived terms

    * insurmountable

    Related terms

    * surmount

    solvable

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Capable of being solved.
    • a solvable problem
  • (archaic) Capable of being dissolved or liquefied.
  • (obsolete) Capable of being paid and discharged.
    • solvable obligations
    (Tooke)
  • (obsolete) Able to pay one's debts; solvent.
    • (Fuller)

    Synonyms

    * (capable of being solved ): soluble * (capable of being dissolved ): soluble

    Antonyms

    * (capable of being solved ): unsolvable, insolvable, insoluble * (capable of being dissolved ): unsolvable, insolvable, insoluble