different between fireworthy vs fileworthy

English

Alternative forms

• fire-worthy

Etymology

From fire +? -worthy.

Adjective

fireworthy (comparative more fireworthy, superlative most fireworthy)

1. (of a firearms) Worthy or capable of firing; able to be fired; combustible.
   • 1845, New York Journal of Medicine and the Collateral Sciences

     In re-adjusting it a second time the stock was not in perfect apposition, and the wiseacre, whose business it was to render the weapon fireworthy, observing this defect, sought to remedy it by striking the butt end sharply upon the ground.

2. Capable of preventing or surviving a fire.

   • The investigator concluded that the vehicle was not sufficiently fireworthy. Still another expert concluded that the vehicle was not crashworthy, a design defect.

3. (workplace or employment) Worthy of being fired (from a job).

   • I can see no such difference and thus conclude—since Creed, Michael, and Jan are all equally blameworthy for a fire-worthy incident—they should all be fired.

Derived terms

• fireworthiness

English

Etymology

From file +? -worthy.

Adjective

fileworthy (comparative more fileworthy, superlative most fileworthy)

1. Worth being filed or kept on file.

Anagrams

• lifeworthy