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Tastable vs Castable - What's the difference?

tastable | castable |

As adjectives the difference between tastable and castable

is that tastable is that can be tasted, that can be detected by one's sense of taste while castable is (engineering) capable of being cast, as in a mould.

As a noun castable is

(engineering) any substance that can be cast, as in a mould.

tastable

English

Alternative forms

* tasteable

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That can be tasted, that can be detected by one's sense of taste.

    • References

    * 2007', Günter Radden, René Dirven, ''Cognitive English grammar'', page 284: "Conversion predicates of perception tend to be coded as adjectives: ''visible'', ''audible'', ''palpable'' and ''tangible'', but English lacks adjectives such as ''*smellable'' and '''''*tastable for something that can be smelled or tasted."

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    castable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (engineering) Capable of being cast, as in a mould.
  • (computing, programming) Capable of being cast to another data type.

    • Related terms

    * castability

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (engineering) Any substance that can be cast, as in a mould.