Viable vs Alternative - What's the difference?
viable | alternative |
Able to live on its own (as for a newborn.)
Able to be done, possible.
In (biology), able to live and develop.
Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities
Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground (e.g., alternative medicine, alternative lifestyle, (alternative rock)).
Other.
alternate; reciprocal
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
* 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , XI:
One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
As an adjective viable
is able to live on its own (as for a newborn).As a noun alternative is
alternative.viable
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Adjective
(en adjective)Antonyms
* inviableDerived terms
* viabilityExternal links
* * ----alternative
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(wikipedia alternative)Adjective
(-)- an alternative proposition
- (Holland)
Derived terms
* alternative dispute resolution * alternative energy * alternative lifestyle * alternative medicine * alternative press * alternative voteNoun
(en noun)- ‘The cloister or a betrothed husband?’ I echoed—‘Is that the alternative destined for Miss Vernon?’