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Thinking vs Thinkable - What's the difference?

thinking | thinkable |

As a noun thinking

is gerund of think.

As a verb thinking

is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective thinkable is

able to be thought or imagined; conceivable; feasible or possible.

thinking

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Gerund of think.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-08-03, volume=408, issue=8847, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The machine of a new soul , passage= But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. Yet this is the level of organisation that does the actual thinking —and is, presumably, the seat of consciousness.}}

    Derived terms

    * critical thinking * thinking man * wishful thinking

    Verb

    (head)
  • *, chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking ; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}

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    thinkable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to be thought or imagined; conceivable; feasible or possible.
  • Morally acceptable or legal (rare).

    • Antonyms

    * unthinkable