different between operable vs serviceable

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??.p?.??.b?l/

Adjective

operable (comparative more operable, superlative most operable)

1. Able to be operated or used
2. Able to be put into operation; practicable
3. Able to be treated by surgery

Antonyms

• inoperable

Derived terms

• operability

Translations

Anagrams

• ropeable

Spanish

Adjective

operable (plural operables)

1. operable (able to be treated by surgery)

English

Etymology

From Middle English servisable, from Old French servisable, from servise; surface analysis service +? -able.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?v?s?bl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??v?s?bl?/

Adjective

serviceable (comparative more serviceable, superlative most serviceable)

1. Easy to service.
2. Repairable instead of disposable.
3. In condition for use; usable, functional.
   • 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

     I employed myself in making, as well as I could, a great many baskets, both to carry earth or to carry or lay up anything, as I had occasion; and though I did not finish them very handsomely, yet I made them sufficiently serviceable for my purpose...

   • There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.

Synonyms

• useful
• helpful

Translations

Anagrams

• receivables