different between documentary vs documentable

English

Etymology

From French adjective and (hence) noun documentaire, from document, from Latin documentum.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?k.j??m?n.t?i/, /?d?k.j??m?n.t?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d?.kj??m?n.(t?.)?i/, /?d?.kj??m?n.t?.?i/

Adjective

documentary (not comparable)

1. Of, related to, or based on documents.
2. Which serves to document (record and:or illustrate) a subject.
3. (of a film, book etc) Presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.

Translations

Noun

documentary (plural documentaries)

1. A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.

Translations

Antonyms

• fiction

Derived terms

Related terms

• docudrama

Anagrams

• countrymade

English

Etymology

document +? -able

Adjective

documentable (comparative more documentable, superlative most documentable)

1. Capable of being supported by documentary evidence.
   • 1999 Stephen Moore and Julian L. Simon, "The Greatest Century That Ever Was," Policy Analysis, The Cato Institute, no 362 (15 Dec), p. 2.

     The documentable improvement of the quality of life in this brief period has been nothing short of miraculous.

Antonyms

• undocumentable

Translations

References

• “documentable” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.