Tenable vs Attainable - What's the difference?
tenable | attainable |
capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
(of a defensive structure) capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensible
Anything that can be attained.
* 1971 , Murray Friedman, Overcoming middle class rage (page 223)
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)- Back in the 1800s, many did not consider Darwin's theory of evolution to be tenable at all.
Antonyms
* untenableAnagrams
* ----attainable
English
Noun
(en noun)- So is good housing and medical care and all the other attainables which lead to a better life.