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Wainable vs Painable - What's the difference?

wainable | painable |

In obsolete terms the difference between wainable and painable

is that wainable is capable of being ploughed or cultivated; arable; tillable while painable is painful.

wainable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Capable of being ploughed or cultivated; arable; tillable.
    • (Cowell)
    (Webster 1913)

    painable

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) painful
    • The manacles of Astyages were not the less weighty and painable for being composed of gold or silver. — Evelyn.
    (Webster 1913)