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Tenable vs Tenible - What's the difference?

tenable | tenible |

As adjectives the difference between tenable and tenible

is that tenable is capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded while tenible is capable of being held; holdable.

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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    tenible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete, rare) Capable of being held; holdable.
  • (rare) Capable of retaining or holding in.

    • References

    * “ tenible, a.'']” listed in the '' [2nd Ed.; 1989