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Tenable vs Viable - What's the difference?

tenable | viable |

As adjectives the difference between tenable and viable

is that tenable is capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded while viable is able to live on its own (as for a newborn..

tenable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • capable of being maintained or justified; well-founded
    • Back in the 1800s, many did not consider Darwin's theory of evolution to be tenable at all.
  • (of a defensive structure) capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensible

    • Antonyms

    * untenable

    Anagrams

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    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

    Related terms

    * devive * revive * survive * vital * vivid

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