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Tenable vs Attainable - What's the difference?

tenable | attainable |

As adjectives the difference between tenable and attainable

is that tenable is capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded while attainable is able to be achieved, accomplished or obtained.

As a noun attainable is

anything that can be attained.

tenable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
  • Back in the 1800s, many did not consider Darwin's theory of evolution to be tenable at all.
  • (of a defensive structure) capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensible
  • Antonyms

    * untenable

    Anagrams

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    attainable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be achieved, accomplished or obtained.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Anything that can be attained.
  • * 1971 , Murray Friedman, Overcoming middle class rage (page 223)
  • So is good housing and medical care and all the other attainables which lead to a better life.