Sustainable vs Tenable - What's the difference?
sustainable | tenable |
Able to be sustained.
Able to be produced or sustained for an indefinite period without damaging the environment, or without depleting a resource; renewable.
* 2008 , Kate L. Harrison, The Green Bride Guide , ISBN 140221345X, page 174 [http://books.google.com/books?id=O5FyqGQmdpUC&pg=PA174&dq=sustainable]:
* 2008 August–October, Dawn Brighid, "A Taste of Hope", in Organic Gardening , ISSN 1536-108X, volume 55, number 6, page 73 [http://books.google.com/books?id=S8MDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA73&dq=%22that+sustainable%22]:
* 2010 , , ISBN 9780061718946, page 129 [http://books.google.com/books?id=_-Z6Umuq68EC&pg=PA129&dq=sustainable]:
capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
(of a defensive structure) capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensible
As adjectives the difference between sustainable and tenable
is that sustainable is able to be sustained while tenable is capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded.sustainable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- In addition to the resources listed in the organic and local food sections earlier, a good source of sustainable meat is Heritage Foods USA (heritagefoodsusa.com).
- Some critics have asserted that sustainable food is "elitist"; that it's too expensive and not widely available.
- A city on a hill—or many cities on hills—surrounded by unbroken vistas of beautiful countryside; small, thriving, family-run farms growing organic, seasonal, and sustainable fruits and vegetables specific to the region.
Anagrams
*tenable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Back in the 1800s, many did not consider Darwin's theory of evolution to be tenable at all.
