different between capable vs sensable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French capable, from Late Latin cap?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ke?p?bl?/

Adjective

capable (comparative more capable, superlative most capable)

1. Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.

2. (obsolete) Of sufficient capacity or size for holding, containing, receiving or taking in; accessible to. Construed with of, for or an infinitive.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:skillful

Antonyms

• incapable

Derived terms

• capability (noun)

Translations

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “capable”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• pacable

French

Etymology

From Latin capabilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.pabl/

Adjective

capable (plural capables)

1. able, capable

See also

• cap'

Further reading

• “capable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

sense +? -able

Adjective

sensable (comparative more sensable, superlative most sensable)

1. Capable of being sensed; perceptible, tangible.
   • 2011, E.E. 'Doc' Smith, Stephen Goldin, Getaway World

     Although his mind remained aware that he was physically seated within a sensable booth, all his senses told him that he was experiencing the story that was happening around him.

2. Misspelling of sensible.
   • 2010, "American" (username), Great, Intellegent Brain Twister, Yahoo Movies, 2010-07-20, accessed on 2011-10-26:

     Put on your thinking cap and go see an intellegent^[sic], intensly^[sic] well thought out noir/science fiction film with a plot that makes sensable, practical use of phenominal^[sic] special effects.

Anagrams

• ableness, beanless, blaeness