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Usable vs Serviceable - What's the difference?

usable | serviceable |

As adjectives the difference between usable and serviceable

is that usable is capable of being used while serviceable is easy to service.

usable

English

Alternative forms

* useable

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • capable of being used

    • Antonyms

    * unusable

    Derived terms

    * usability * unusable

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    serviceable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Easy to service.
  • Repairable instead of disposable.
  • In condition for use.
  • *1719- , (w), (Robinson Crusoe)
  • *:I employed myself in making, as well as I could, a great many baskets, both to carry earth or to carry or lay up anything, as I had occasion; and though I did not finish them very handsomely, yet I made them sufficiently serviceable for my purpose...
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  • *:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.

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