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Walkable vs Accessible - What's the difference?

walkable | accessible |

As adjectives the difference between walkable and accessible

is that walkable is able to be walked while accessible is easy of access or approach; approachable.

walkable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Able to be walked.
  • This route is no longer walkable since the bush and the vines grew over it.
  • Short enough or close enough to be accessible by walking.
  • Is the train station walkable from here?

    accessible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Easy of access or approach; approachable.
  • an accessible town or mountain
  • Easy to get along with.
  • Open to the influence of.
  • * Minds accessible to reason. - (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
  • Obtainable; to be got at.
  • * The best information ... at present accessible . - (Thomas Babington Macaulay)
  • (art, literature) Easily understood.
  • Capable of being used or seen.
  • Usage notes

    * (open to influence) Followed by to .

    Antonyms

    * inaccessible

    Derived terms

    * accessibility * accessibly