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Testable vs Falsifiable - What's the difference?

testable | falsifiable |

As adjectives the difference between testable and falsifiable

is that testable is susceptible to being tested while falsifiable is logically capable of being proven false.

testable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Susceptible to being tested.
  • With respect to the scientific method, capable of being proven true or false.
  • (legal) Capable of being devised, or given by will.
  • Antonyms

    * untestable

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    falsifiable

    English

    (Falsifiability)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Logically capable of being proven false.
  • ''The sentence "It will rain tomorrow" is falsifiable , while the sentence "It is what it is" is not.
  • Capable of being falsified or forged.
  • A digital signature algorithm must be not falsifiable .