Viable vs Promising - What's the difference?
viable | promising |
Able to live on its own (as for a newborn.)
Able to be done, possible.
In (biology), able to live and develop.
Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
Encouraging and inspiring confidence.
The act of making a promise.
* 1992 , Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)
As adjectives the difference between viable and promising
is that viable is able to live on its own (as for a newborn. while promising is showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.As a verb promising is
present participle of lang=en.As a noun promising is
the act of making a promise.viable
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* inviableDerived terms
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(en noun)- So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".