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Viable vs Promising - What's the difference?

viable | promising |

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

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to live on its own (as for a newborn.)
  • Able to be done, possible.
  • In (biology), able to live and develop.
  • Antonyms

    * inviable

    Derived terms

    * viability

    promising

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
  • Encouraging and inspiring confidence.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of making a promise.
  • * 1992 , Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)
  • 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".