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Talkable vs Talking - What's the difference?

talkable | talking |

As an adjective talkable

is capable of being talked (to or about) (construed with a preposition).

As a noun talking is

the action of the verb talk .

As a verb talking is

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talkable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of being talked (to or about) (construed with a preposition).
  • * 1996 , Paddy Scannell, Radio, television, and modern life: a phenomenological approach
    • They are talkable -about as everyday matters and in the same way. They provide a common sociable topical resource that is readily available...
  • Capable of offering engaging conversation.
  • * 1861 , George Wilson, Sir Archibald Geikie, Memoir of Edward Forbes
    • There are no talkable people within ten miles, except a coast-guard officer, and a pleasant parson, three miles off.
  • * 1902 , Henry Van Dyke, The Blue Flower
    • But he always came back in good spirits, talkable and charming.

    Antonyms

    * untalkable

    talking

    English

    Noun

  • The action of the verb talk .
  • * , chapter=10
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking ; just to watch was pleasant.}}
  • * Anthony Trollope, Can You Forgive Her?
    • He did not himself care for the loose little talkings , half flat and half sharp, of men when they meet together in idleness.

    Verb

    (head)