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Unlock vs Unlockable - What's the difference?

unlock | unlockable |

As a verb unlock

is to undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.

As an adjective unlockable is

not capable of being locked.

As a noun unlockable is

an initially hidden feature that is made available to reward the player for some achievement.

unlock

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To undo or open a lock or something locked by, for example, turning a key, or selecting a combination.
  • To obtain access to something.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= Welcome to the plastisphere , passage=Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.}}
  • To disclose or reveal previously unknown knowledge.
  • To be or become unfastened or unrestrained.
  • *
  • He had come straight up without mishap or swerving off his course, and his shut teeth unlocked .

    unlockable

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not capable of being locked.
  • * 1980 , Commerce Clearing House, Tax court memorandum decisions: Volume 38
  • The facilities at Harvard Law School included lockable and unlockable carrels and lockable rooms. The lockable carrels and rooms were limited in number and were assigned to students by priority based on age.
  • * 2003 , David E. Mulcahy, John Dieltz, Order fulfillment and across the dock concepts, design operations handbook (page 172)
  • Casters can be swivel, rigid, lockable, or unlockable .
  • Capable of being unlocked.
  • *1998 , Brent D Heslop, David A Holzgang, HTML Publishing on the Internet
  • *:This unlockable demo allows customers to use the full-featured product free for seven days.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (video games) An initially hidden feature that is made available to reward the player for some achievement.