Tenable vs Tenacious - What's the difference?
tenable | tenacious |
capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
(of a defensive structure) capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensible
clinging to an object or surface; adhesive
unwilling to yield or give up; dogged
holding together; cohesive
having a good memory; retentive
As adjectives the difference between tenable and tenacious
is that tenable is capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded while tenacious is clinging to an object or surface; adhesive.tenable
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Back in the 1800s, many did not consider Darwin's theory of evolution to be tenable at all.