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Tenable vs Durable - What's the difference?

tenable | durable |

As adjectives the difference between tenable and durable

is that tenable is capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded while durable is able to resist wear, decay; lasting; enduring.

As a noun durable is

(economics) a durable good, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.

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

    * ----

    durable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to resist wear, decay; lasting; enduring.
  • Synonyms

    * permanent

    Antonyms

    * weak * vulnerable * transitory

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (economics) A durable good, one useful over more than one period, especially a year.
  • *
  • Antonyms

    * nondurable ----